Hispanic and Latino Students in Online Education

• In Event: 31.074 - Online Teaching and Learning SIG Paper Session 3

Abstract

Several recent data analyses of the demographics of K-12 online students suggested that Hispanic/Latino students may be underrepresented in full-time online schools, Reasons describing this inequity could be many, and a true description of this difference may be exceedingly complex. Nevertheless, closer examination of Latino student demographic data from online schools and other publicly available data may offer insights into equal access to online education, cultural and language barriers in online education, and the identification of online Latino students for special education and gifted/talented programs. These analyses may offer insight into the productive engagement of Latino students in online education.

Authors

• Michael Corry, The George Washington University

• William R. Dardick, The George Washington University

• Julie Ann Stella, The George Washington University