College Fund Staffer to Discuss Fund’s Early Childhood Education Program on Television

Jun 27, 2012 | Blog

 

College Fund Staffer to Discuss Fund’s Early Childhood Education Program on Television

June 27, 2012
Tarajean Yazzie Mintz, program officer for the American Indian College Fund’s Wakanyeja “sacred little ones” early childhood education initiative, will appear on a television program tonight to discuss early childhood education and how programs that incorporate culture and community enhance student achievement. The show will air for two weeks straight on Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 7 am & Saturdays at 7:30 am Eastern Standard Time.

You can view the program at Roku channel PEGTV with online live streaming at http://cloudcast.telvue.com/player/index/T01326 (click on the videos tab, and then Princeton TV Live Chanel).

 

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