Advancing School Readiness for Young Hispanic Children Through Universal Prekindergarten

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School Readiness; Preschool Education; Kindergarten; Hispanic American Students; At Risk Students; Low Achievement; Racial Differences; Early Childhood Education; Early Intervention; Access to Education; Educational Quality

Hispanics account for over one-fifth of newborns in the United States. Hispanic children, on average, achieve at lower levels from kindergarten forward than the non-Hispanic White majority and Asian Americans. Increasing the percentage of Hispanic children who enter kindergarten "ready" for school constitutes one of the nation's most important current agenda items in education. Given that it is believed that the early childhood years provide the best window for improving academic trajectories for Hispanic children, this article describes current findings and offers recommendations to expand high-quality universal prekindergarten (UPK) programs for Hispanics in the United States.

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2010

ED509157