"We want to address the quality of services currently offered and hopefully provide the children the boost they need to gain equal educational footing with other children throughout the nation."

-Harriett Romo, Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Texas at San Antonio

Children ages 3 and 4 will be drawn from the near West Side, including families in public housing, the San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries shelter, teen parents in SAISD and UTSA Downtown Campus students with low to moderate incomes.

The collaborative effort will implement curricula based on the latest research in early childhood development, while some of UTSA's top educators in bilingual studies will help develop plans for best assisting the West Side's largely Hispanic population.

Meanwhile, the center will serve as a lab school with UTSA students studying early childhood as they observe classroom situations from the Downtown Campus in an unobtrusive manner through distance learning technology.

-UTSA Today »