Analyzing the educational achievement in Latino/a students in
California This qualitative research will examine factors that
influence the educational achievement of Latino/a students in
California. This research will provide a historiography of
Latino/a education from the past to the present, with an
emphasis on educational barriers such as limited access to a
quality education, under-qualified teachers, poverty, limited
English proficiency, citizenship status, and less demanding
curriculums. The investigation will focus on the following
areas: the percentage of Latino/a students that study in public
schools compared to other ethnicities; the ways in which the
language barrier of many Latino/a students and the lack of
qualified teachers to tackle this problem affect their overall
educational performance; how the low average income of Latino/a
parents and their level of formal education affect the education
of their children; the impact of undocumented students have on
the Latino/a youth population in general