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| Title | National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics convening |
| Body | Editor's Note: I don't know if this task force has already formed or not, but I thought the information might be of use to some. During the summer of 2004, the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics will be established to identify major issues in early childhood education for Hispanic children in the United States and to make recommendations for action. Launched with a grant from the Foundation for Child Development, the task force will focus on the educational needs of Hispanic children from birth through the primary grades. The task force's chair will be Dr. Eugene E. Garcia, Dean of the College of Education and Vice President for School-University Partnerships at Arizona State University (ASU). Members of the task force, which is to be housed at ASU, will include policymakers, practitioners, corporate, community, strategic thinkers, researchers, and educators of early childhood educators and teachers. The task force will be convened for an initial period of two years, at the end of which time it will issue a major report on its findings and recommendations for action. It is projected that the task force would meet once per year, with the initial meeting planned for the Fall, 2004. The task force is being created for several reasons. Available evidence indicates that the much lower levels of academic achievement in high school and college of Hispanic students compared to Whites and Asian Americans are heavily related to the large differences in achievement that exist at the end of the primary grades. Moreover, the lower levels of achievement of Hispanics in the primary grades are related in part to substantial differences in school readiness at the beginning of kindergarten between Hispanics and their White and Asian counterparts. Thus, there is a pressing need to improve educational outcomes and share these outcomes with the greater community, including an emphasis in the Latino community. For further information contact: Eugene E. Garcia, Ph. D., eugene.garcia@asu.edu Villanueva, A. (29 Jul. 2004). National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics. (30 Jul 2004). An article dating from May 2004 is available online at: http://www.asu.edu/asunews/community/nsfec_051404.htm |
| Source | Arizona State University |
| Inputdate | 2004-07-30 11:33:00 |
| Lastmodifieddate | 2004-07-30 11:33:00 |
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