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Until her daughter "developed an ear," Hillary Clinton used to sing "Moon River" to a newborn Chelsea Clinton. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com/ To licens...
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Hillary Clinton on Monday spoke to more than a dozen Spanish-speaking parents in an East Harlem Head Start classroom, along with (not pictured) Mayor de Blasio, Chirlane McCray and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
Hillary Clinton trumpeted the importance of early-childhood education in a visit to East Harlem on Tuesday and urged parents to sing and read to their kids.
Mayor de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, also attended the event and touted their commitment to universal prekindergarten in New York City.
Clinton, speaking in a colorful Head Start classroom, reminisced about her own days as a mother of a toddler.
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I used to sit in our little house in Little Rock, Clinton told more than a dozen Spanish-speaking parents along with de Blasio, McCray and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.
Before Id put [daughter Chelsea] to bed, Id sit in a rocking chair and Id read to her and then Id sing to her. Id sing Moon River. When she was about 16 months, she put her finger on my lips and said, No sing, Mommy.
The event marked the official launch of a partnership between Too Small to Fail, a charitable initiative funded by the Clinton Foundation, and Univision, the Spanish-language network.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 27: Former U.S. Seceratary of State Hillary Clinton. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) | Sean Gardner via Getty Images
WASHINGTON (AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton is helping initiate a public service campaign encouraging Hispanic families to read, sing and talk more to their young children so they're better prepared for school.
About a quarter of all babies and toddlers in the U.S. are Hispanic, but these kids are half as likely to have family members read to them and a third less likely to have songs sung to them than white, non-Latino children, according to a recent report by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
The effort is part of the "Too Small to Fail" campaign started last year by the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Next Generation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit. A partner in the effort is Univision Communications Inc., a New York-based Spanish language media company that will run a series of public service announcements and news programs with segments focused on the topic.
Clinton was expected to participate in the campaign launch Tuesday at a bilingual Head Start program in East Harlem in New York. Clinton, a longtime supporter of early childhood programs, is a former secretary of state, first lady and senator of New York. She is considering another White House bid in 2016 and expects to make a decision later this year.
The focus of the campaign is simple: tackling what's known as the "word gap" by encouraging Hispanic families to focus on these activities for at least 15 minutes daily.
Research published by the late University of Kansas researchers Betty Hart and Todd Risley in the 1990s highlighted the phenomenon in which children in professional families hear an average of 30 million more words by the time they are 4 than children of parents accepting public assistance, and 15 million more words than children from working-class families. Children with less exposure are more likely to start school behind their peers and not catch up.
Hispanic children are also more likely than their white peers to face other barriers such as poverty, frequent moves and hunger.
About a third of Hispanic children live with parents without a high school degree. Many of these parents don't understand the power of reading, singing and playing with their young children, said Sandra Gutierrez, national program director of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors, based in Los Angeles.
Others, particularly immigrants, are reluctant to do educational activities in Spanish because they want their children to learn English, but the enrichment in Spanish would be good for their children, said Delia Pompa, senior vice president for programs at National Council of La Raza. Both Gutierrez and Pompa serve on the "Too Small to Fail" advisory board.
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Hillary Clintons support for gay rights has earned her recognition from the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady will receive the foundations inaugural Founders Award on October 15th, The Associated Press reports.
Clinton will be honored at the foundations benefit in October, along with celebrity chef Sandra Lee, businessman Ronald Perelman and Howard Rose, who is a founding member of the organization. Anderson Cooper will host the gala. More
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During the Clinton Administration, created 22.2 million new jobs between 1993 and 2000.
Note these were the most jobs ever created under a single Administration, and more jobs than Presidents Reagan and Bush created during their three terms.
Under President Clinton, the economy added an average of 245,000 jobs per month, the highest of any President on record. This compares to 52,000 per month under President Bush and 167,000 per month under President Reagan. [Bureau of Labor Statistics]
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