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BY JOSHUA H. SHIELDS


OBAMA TAPS HISPANICS FOR EDUCATION SUPPORT


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U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR, THE COURT’S FIRST HISPANIC JUSTICE, SWORE IN MORE THAN A DOZEN NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FOR HISPANICS at an offi cial ceremony held at the Smithsonian Institution Castle. T e Commissioners are tasked with advising President Barak Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to help improve academic excellence and opportu- nities for Hispanic students across the country. T e commissioners will work closely with the White


House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics to meet President Obama’s goals for the nation to have the


best-educated workforce in the world by 2020, and to once again lead the world in the number of college graduates. In announcing the appointments, President Obama


said, “T e extraordinary dedication these men and women bring to their new roles will greatly serve the American people. I am grateful they have agreed to serve in this Administration and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.” Juan Sepúlveda, the Executive Director of the White


House Initiative, led the fi rst meeting of the commission- ers at the White House. Sepúlveda noted that Hispanics accounted for more than half of the nation’s total popula- tion growth in the last decade and will drive the growth of the workforce over the next several decades.


White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics director Juan Sepúlveda, right, discusses the challenge at the fi rst meeting of the President’s Advisory Commission held Thursday at the White House. Left to right at table: Lisette Nieves, Darline P. Robles, Ricardo Romo, Alicia Abella, Juan Sepúlveda.


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