White House Renews Attention to Hispanic Education
Summit Focused Attention on Broad Range of Issues Affecting Latino Students
The Obama administration has renewed its commitment to key priorities in the education of Hispanic students, including reduction of the dropout rate, improved connections between pre-K-12 and postsecondary education, and passage of the “DREAM Act,” which would provide a path to legalization for some undocumented students.
All those topics were touched on at the Oct. 18 White House summit on Hispanic education, hosted by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics . The event was the culmination of a listening tour by White House officials over the past 18 months to more than 90 communities that focused on how to improve the education and lives of Latinos.
On Oct. 19, President Barack Obama signed an executive order to renew the initiative, which was started by an executive order signed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990. President Obama’s order calls for the establishment of a presidential advisory commission on Hispanic education and a federal interagency working group on how to improve the education and lives of Latinos. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush have also signed executive orders...
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