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amae-116		amae-116		3	.pdf	application/pdf	1564	46	37	invited.indd Association of Mexican-American Educators (AMAE) Journal ©2012, Volume 6, Issue 3 4 Introduction Sonia Nieto University of Massachusetts—Amherst Melissa Rivera Hunter College - City University of New York Sandra Quiñones University of Rochester Jason Irizarry University of Connecticut Latino/a students have been educated in U.S. schools for centuries, and still more will be arriving at our schools tomorrow. Beginning in 2000 as a national initiative of the Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños at Hunter College, NLERAP’s goal has been to add multiple Latino/a perspectives to the type of educational research needed to meet the needs of our communities throughout the U.S. After hosting a series of regional meetings around the country that invited educators, community activists, university scholars, and others within the broader Latino/a community to comment on the pressing educational needs of Latinos/as, the NLERAP National Advisory Board developed and published a research agenda (NLERAP, 2003).	cache/amae-116.pdf	txt/amae-116.txt