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In 2001, the Hispanic Council for Reform and Educational Options (CREO) was founded to address the crisis in Latino education by empowering Latino families with parental choice in education. By creating coalitions with parents, schools, faith-based organizations, advocates and like-minded groups, Hispanic CREO has been able to educate, inform and mobilize Latino parents on the issues surrounding school choice.
We are the only national public policy Latino organization dedicated solely to K-12 education reform, who is willing to speak out on behalf of parents and children. A review of the data and research available, combined with the 2000 census data, confirms the extreme crisis in Latino student achievement. Currently, Latinos are the most undereducated minority group in the United States.
Hispanic CREO's mission is to improve educational outcomes for Hispanic children by empowering families through parental choice in education. We achieve this by providing parents with free information and resources, which help them to become advocates for their children.
CREO is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Currently the Board of Trustees is composed of 11 members who are from diverse professional, political, ethnic, and geographic backgrounds. The organization is based in Washington, D.C. Hispanic CREO operates in five key states: Colorado, Arizona, Florida, New Jersey, and Texas. "CREO" is Spanish for "I believe."
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