UCLA commissioned a task force to gather the thoughts and experiences of the Early Childhood Education community, to honestly reflect them in its report and to offer recommendations designed to help all of us move forward constructively in the important task of educating our young children.

The following is a letter from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh to Mark Katches and Robert Salladay, the editorial director and managing editor, respectively, of the Center for Investigative Reporting, about an article produced by that organization and published in the Daily Bruin on April 11.