Hispanic Graduation Rate Hispanics have the lowest graduation rates and drop out...that's a lie. More Hispanics are graduating today than at any other time in history. Even though the media portrays education as terrible, the graduation rate among Hispanics has increased in recent decades due to improvements in education. As teenagers tend to make decisions that put their education at risk, educational programs are put in place to help students avoid making these mistakes and stay in school. Especially the problem exposed by Kaufman where he observed that in a class of girls, whose average age is 17 and 18, fifty percent have babies and half of those girls would bring their children. If a woman has more than one person to worry about, she will feel the need to drop out of school to care for the child. To prevent high teenage birth rates, sex education programs were implemented, so women could focus more on school instead of raising a child. This leads to female students not having children at a young age, so young women can have more time to develop and graduate. Another problem that is mitigated in order to improve graduation is that of failing classes. Adam says if a student has a month where grades are low, it can lead to failure and dropping out. Sometimes by monitoring behavior and asking a student to release stress, grades can improve because if a student is having problems at home or making decisions that put them in troubling situations, it will leads to not concentrating 100% on schoolwork. If students do not focus on their homework, they will not do well in school and will not graduate. Sometimes it's not a matter of time, or even no time, for teachers to help students individually. Then, by keeping teens away from bad influences, they can focus more on their English essay or chemistry lab. Hispanics are more successful in education than the public seems to know. With the help of educational programs, student benefits, and academic improvements, the Hispanic student population will continue to improve and thrive. Works Cited Adams, Caralee J. and Sarah D. Sparks. "Graduation rate at highest peak in decades; calculation not the same as 'official' NCLB method." Education Week January 30, 2013: 1. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Internet. February 28, 2014. Kaufman, Daniel. "Notes from Hell: Public schools need discipline and respect for learning. That's it." Revue nationale September 30, 1996: 46. Opposing viewpoints in context. Internet. March 3. 2014.