ABCs of Change For Latino Children – Advocates Push Early Education Programs To Help Community Bridge Achievement Gap

“That is exactly the kind of shift at home that educators seek to address a major academic challenge: Latino children nationwide tend to start kindergarten knowing less about letters and numbers compared with their non-Hispanic white peers. Many never catch up. Improving early childhood education is one of the best ways to narrow the achievement gap, educators say, citing such programs as the family book club. But many Latino families face economic, linguistic, educational and even cultural barriers.

“Its partly about parents not understanding the American system,” said Eugene E. Garcia, an Arizona State University administrator and chairman of the National Task Force on Early Childhood Education for Hispanics. “Hispanic parents think school is good and education is good. They just dont have the tools they need.”"

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