ABSTRACT
In 2002 Hamann, Wortham, and Murillo noted that many U.S. states were hosting signifi cant and oft en rapidly growing Latino populations for the fi rst time and that these changes had multiple implications for formal schooling as well as out-of-school learning processes. Th ey speculated about whether Latinos were encountering the same, oft en disappointing, educational fates in communities where their presence was unprecedented as in areas with a longstanding Latino presence. Only tentative conclusions could be provided at that time since the dynamics referenced were frequently novel and in fl ux.
