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Latino history largely ignored in U.S. high school textbooks, study finds

Por: CBS News Nation May 18, 2023

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Though the percentage of Latino students is on the rise in the U.S., high school textbooks used across the country largely ignore Latino history, a new study has found. Researchers with , a national Latino advocacy and research organization, developed a list of 222 important Latino history topics, but found only 12% of those were covered well. The study, released Tuesday, comes amid a rise in the number of Hispanic students in U.S. public... + full article



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