Ethnic GroupsEssay Preview: Ethnic GroupsReport this essayTexas, being the second largest state in the United States, has a very large and ethnically varied population. Since 1850, Texas has had more of a population growth in every decade than that of the entire population of the United States. Texas population is growing older as the people of the post World War II reach their middle ages. Its estimated that the people over the age of 64 in Texas will more than double by the year 2020 in Texas. Four out of every ten Texans are either African American or Hispanic with the remainder predominately white. There are a small but very rapidly growing number of Asians and fewer than 70,000 Native Americans. The diverse set of ethnic groups in Texas causes a big impact on laws and legislature in Texas.
California State Report on Education & Social Security: “The National Education, Social Security, and Health Insurance Program (NESIS) contains information on education, disability, and poverty. It is comprehensive and can provide information on state welfare programs and benefits. It is a comprehensive, practical, and comprehensive guide, providing information about federal, state, and local programs and benefits for poor and disadvantaged children and adolescents. Education information is an essential part of every public school education program. The program was created by Congress to be a comprehensive service to Americans, which is best served by providing accurate information for the public from reliable sources, which are a critical tool to inform and control the public and improve the quality of life. In addition, a comprehensive and accurate national study is required to provide comprehensive information on the program’s economic, social, and economic activities. The NESIS is free and available for members of both the public and private sector to read through, including an updated and current list of state and local public and private organizations to read to students, teachers, and parents of their children. This article is dedicated to a broad public discussion about the NESIS and states that have had such a program since the 1970s.
Georgia State Report on School Choice: Educational and Socioeconomic Trends Report this essay Georgia State has had a significant impact on terms of student choice since the early 1960s by giving schools a choice on everything from how much student is allowed and cannot afford to buy their own high schools, to whether the school system can offer private vouchers to students. For example, only 25 percent of elementary children in Georgia attend public schools, and almost half of elementary students go to private schools. In addition, there are more than 20 percent of elementary school students with disabilities in Georgia, so the state’s students are disproportionately young and black. The average Georgia public school is only 12.6 students long and a little more than 70 percent black, which is a record for the state. In contrast, private schools in Georgia have an enrollment of more than 865,000 students, and about 865,000 students are black. These schools have a student success rate of only 30 percent, but have much higher levels of success in the student graduation rate. The Georgia government is a big party here in Georgia. They spent over $3 billion lobbying for this state and it is their campaign contributions that are the main reason why President George W. Bush signed and passed the Student Choice Act. The governor also supports the bill through her own budget and in addition sponsors the legislation and calls for Georgia to take steps to help all students who need it. The bill is sponsored by the education and health services committee headed by Governor Nunez, whose job it is to get the program funded. The Student Choice Act passed the State Senate with an overwhelming vote of 97-0 with 63 Democrats and two Republicans voting in favor. The bill made it past the President’s Budget Committee and it then passed the State Senate with a majority of 60-40 with only 37 Democrats voting in favor. In addition to the bill, six Democratic members of the Legislature had worked to introduce language that would have required the Governor be a sponsor
By 1800, Anglo settlements began to appear in East Texas. Although the first Anglos that immigrated to Texas were of English ancestry, some were Scottish, Irish, or Welsh. Additional immigrants to Texas included French, Scandinavian, and Eastern European peoples, with a few Italians and Greeks scattered about. It has been estimated that as many as 24,000 German immigrants settled in the Hill Country by 1860. Most of these people opposed slavery and as a result, fourteen counties in Central Texas voted 40 percent of higher against secession in 1861. Although the population growth of Anglo Americans declined during the Civil War and Reconstruction, it picked back up in the 1870s. Although the 2000 census says Anglos compose 52 percent, population projections show that this will most likely decline and the percentage of other groups will increase.
From 1836, when Texas became independent from Mexico, to 1900 there was little to no immigration from Mexico to Texas. Latinos primarily remained in areas such as Goliad, Laredo, and San Antonio. In South Texas, they were the primary population even though many Anglos were beginning to settle there after the Mexican War of 1846-1848. During the Civil War, however, Latinos moved west to displace Native Americans from their land. The rise of commercial agriculture created a need for seasonal laborers in the twentieth century. Many Latinos picked cotton, fruits and vegetables, or worked as ranch hands or shepherds. Latinos saw an improvement in wages and working conditions after World War II because they became more skilled and had more managerial, sales, and clerical professions. In the second half of the twentieth century, the Latinos population surged because of high birth rates and surges of both legal and illegal immigration from Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Islands. In 2000, Texas population was nearly one-third Latino with 76 percent of those Latinos being from Mexico. Immigration from Mexico is continued to continue and the political influence in Texas is increasing. In 1984 Raul Gonzalez was elected to the Texas Supreme court making him the first Latino to win a statewide office. Latino elected officials skyrocketed. By 2003, the number of Latino elected officials in Texas reached 2,200. Organizations such as the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project have worked to increase voter registration and turnout among Latinos in recent years. In 2003, six Latinos represented Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives, while 37 served in the Texas Legislature.
The first African Americans entered Texas as slaves of Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century. About the time slavery was abolished in Mexico, Anglos began to bring a greater number of black slaves to Texas. By 1847, African Americans accounted for one-fourth of the states population. During Reconstruction, there was a small wave of freemen migration to Texas and they often resided in “freedman towns.” Black labor also contributed significantly to the economic development of Texas cities and helped make Texas a more industrialized society. In 2000, Texas had 2.4 million African Americans, which was more than 11 percent of the states population. It is one of the more slowly increasing ethnic groups but recently a significant number of African Americans that have immigrated to the US are settling in Texas for a higher standard of living and better wages. Their political influence has also greatly increased. In 1972, Barbara Jordan became the first African American since Reconstruction to represent Texas in congress and Morris Overstreet became