For years, NaLEC  has proclaimed the importance of educating the next generation of children.  Given the startling numbers of educational achievement gaps that disproportionately impact the  impoverished urban, rural, and suburban communities we must respond. NaLEC is committed to make educational equity with an emphasis on public policy a priority among the close to 9 million U.S. Hispanic evangelicals. We are proud to partner with The Expectations Project in our educational equity efforts . We take seriously Jesus’ invitation, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them..” Based on Jesus’s love for children and his appeal for granting them access we are launching our “Educational Equity Campaign!” As part of the Church’s response, a diverse group of Latino evangelical leaders with national networks have decided to join NaLEC’s Educational Equity campaign designed to unite and mobilize a growing network of  Latino evangelical leaders, institutions, individuals, and other persons of good faith in support of a more equitable educational system and just education reform. Its goal will be to maximize the Latino evangelical influence on this issue, consistent with the educational equity principles shared by NaLEC’s board and sister organizations.