Our Public Schools Care About the Whole Child
As the nation celebrates the 36th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month, a group of politicians, business, and education leaders – including NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen García – gathered in Washington, DC for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s Public Policy Conference. They discussed the educational opportunities, economic impact, and career potential of Hispanic-Americans in the changing American landscape.
“One of the things we need to do is reach out to the families that are really counting on their schools to care about the whole child,” said Eskelsen-García, who is also a member of the President’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for Hispanics. “We need dynamic collaboration to personalize the need for the students and their families and their greater community. We need to let the families know that their children may be eligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. We need to make sure that these families understand that these schools exist where they care about the whole child.”
Eskelsen-García also spoke about the NEA’s Raise Your Hand campaign, a