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“Ensuring access to high-quality pre- kindergarten for Hispanic children helps to close the achievement gap and is an important step toward improving K-12 education according to Pre-K and Latinos: The Foundation for America’s Future. The report was released today by Pre-K Now, a national advocacy and public education organization which works with states to advance pre-k for all children.
The report notes that Hispanic children are more likely than whites to start school without the foundational math and reading knowledge and skills necessary for academic success. Studies have shown that these disparities persist throughout Hispanics’ educational careers. However, pre-k has been shown to improve these skills in all children — and particularly in Hispanic children. According to the most recent Census reports, one in five children under the age of five in the U.S. is Hispanic. Unfortunately just 40 percent of Hispanic children attend pre-k compared with 60 percent of their white and African American peers.”
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