Advancing School Readiness for Young Hispanic Children Through Universal Prekindergarten [electronic resource] / Eugene E. Garcia and Bryant Jensen.
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" fo...
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| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Abstractor: As Provided. Educational level discussed: Early Childhood Education. Educational level discussed: Kindergarten. |
| Physical Description: | 13 pages. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (Collected Works, Serials) Text (Reports, Descriptive) |
| Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note: | Online Submission, Harvard Journal of Hispanic Policy v19 2006-2007. |