Hispanics are the largest and youngest minority group in the United States. One- in-five schoolchildren is Hispanic. One-in-four newborns is Hispanic.

The Pew Research Center has just released Between Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in America, a report that takes an in-depth look at Hispanics who are ages 16 to 25, a phase of life when young people make choices that-for better and worse-set their path to adulthood.

Young Latinos are satisfied with their lives, optimistic about their futures and place a high value on education, hard work and career success. Yet they are much more likely than other American youths to drop out of school and to become teenage parents. They are more likely than white and Asian youths to live in poverty. And they have high levels of exposure to gangs.  View the news release and the report.

Meanwhile, the Alliance for Catholic Education out of the University of Notre Dame notes that despite the advantages of a Catholic school education, only 3% of Latinos send their children to Catholic schools. Therefore, they have launched a campaign to double the percentage of Latino children enrolled in Catholic schools in the next 10 years, raising the number of Latino children enrolled in Catholic schools to 1 Million.  View the release and the full report.