A Once Nearly All-White School District Has a New Largest Group: Hispanic Students
In The News Piece in Washington Post
Oct. 21, 2016
Conor Williams was quoted in the Washington Post about about the changing demographics of Montgomery County:
As the county has grown more diverse, not all of its schools have changed in the same way. Some elementary schools were more than 70 percent Hispanic last year, for example; others were less than 10 percent.
Conor Williams, a senior researcher at New America, a D.C. think tank, called the increasing Hispanic enrollment “a wonderful opportunity” to expand dual-language immersion programs that use students’ home languages to help teach their peers. Such programs have been successful across the country, he said.
“They often can help privileged families be more enthusiastic about integrating their schools,” Williams said.