Language Focused Parent Engagement and Literacy
- Highest Achievement Gap for minority students in the Nation
- Higher drop-out rates due to English Language Proficiency
- Twice as many Hispanic and Somali individuals live at or below the poverty rate
- Early Literacy in Spanish and Somali for all
- Parents become teachers / Students become readers in their Native/Home/Primary Language
- Direct Parent Engagement in their child’s education
- Closing the achievement gap through increased student academic performance
- Higher Graduation Rate for Hispanic and Somali students
- Stronger family connection to education
- True Equity not Equality
- Bilingual students