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Dear Editor:<\/p>\n

I was heartened to see Juan Williams\u2019\u00a0column<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe Scandal of K-12 Education\u201d bring prominence to what we on the ground know about education: it is not equitable across our nation if you are a minority student. It saddens me to read that Hispanic fourth graders in Alabama are reading two grade levels below their Hispanic peers in Florida. We know that a fourth grader\u2019s reading level is a key indicator of whether a student will graduate from high school. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) data from 2015 tells us that just 21 percent of Hispanic fourth graders were \u201cproficient\u201d in reading. That is a terrible statistic that does not honor the\u00a0imago Dei <\/em>in each of us.<\/p>\n

Hispanic Evangelicals are a powerful voting bloc. We are looking for a presidential candidate and indeed down-ballot candidates who will support higher academic standards that challenge students to learn to think, to analyze, to develop strong and cohesive arguments based on facts and reason, and to understand how to apply what\u2019s learned in the classroom to the real world.<\/p>\n

As people of faith, we are called to love the Lord\u00a0and honor the imago Dei in our neighbors. As parents, we demand the best for our children. As Americans, we look for candidates who will stop the notion that we need to dumb-down education for Latino students.\u00a0As politicians court the Hispanic vote, they must pay close attention to the fact that education as an issue actually ranks higher than immigration reform for Hispanic parents.\u00a0Our children are our heart. Win us by telling us how you will improve education for minority students.<\/p>\n

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez is the President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"