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​Maldonado attended the former Central Elementary School and in 1967 graduated from Martin High School, formerly Laredo High School, at which he was the co-captain of the "Tigers" [[football]] team, the senior class president, a member of the National Honor Society, and he was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." In 2008, he was named a "Tiger Legend," along with several other alumni, including Andres Ramos, Jr., a former county judge for Webb County. As a "Tiger Legend," Maldonado urged graduates to be "committed to what you want to achieve in life and help others. In helping others, you help your community [to] be a better place [in which] to live."<ref name=martinhigh>{{cite web|url=http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/042308/pagea15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222153111/http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/042308/pagea15.pdf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 22, 2016|title=Martin High honors 2008 Tiger legends|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Time''|date=April 23, 2008|page=15A|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref>​

​Maldonado attended the former Central Elementary School and in 1967 graduated from Martin High School, formerly Laredo High School, at which he was the co-captain of the "Tigers" [[football]] team, the senior class president, a member of the National Honor Society, and he was voted "Most Likely to Succeed." In 2008, he was named a "Tiger Legend," along with several other alumni, including Andres Ramos, Jr., a former county judge for Webb County. As a "Tiger Legend," Maldonado urged graduates to be "committed to what you want to achieve in life and help others. In helping others, you help your community [to] be a better place [in which] to live."<ref name=martinhigh>{{cite web|url=http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/042308/pagea15.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222153111/http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/042308/pagea15.pdf|dead-url=yes|archive-date=December 22, 2016|title=Martin High honors 2008 Tiger legends|publisher=''The Laredo Morning Time''|date=April 23, 2008|page=15A|accessdate=September 8, 2015}}</ref>​

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After completing high school, Maldonado attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he majored in [[Engineering]] and Business Administration. In 1970, he transferred from Texas A&M to the University of North Texas in Denton County, from which in 1972 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Sociology]] with a minor in [[Psychology]]. In 1975, he received a Master of Education degree in student services from the University of North Texas. In 1986, he was awarded a [[Ph.D.]] in child development (elementary education) from Texas Woman's University, also in Denton. In both of his graduate degrees, he carried minor studies in sociology.<ref name=vitae>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75R/senate/commit/c560/handouts10/0624-JuanLMaldonado.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae: Juan L. Maldonado|publisher=senate.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 14, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222115622/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/Commit/c560/handouts10/0624-JuanLMaldonado.pdf|archivedate=February 22, 2012|df=}}</ref><ref name=rotary>{{cite web|url=http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8274/Speakers/7a37ecdc-24d7-4a0c-b028-9b5c599cbfde|title=LCC - Update|publisher=Rotary Club of Laredo Daybreak|date=April 25, 2014|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref>  

After completing high school, Maldonado attended [[Texas A&M University]] in [[College Station, Texas|College Station]], at which he majored in [[Engineering]] and Business Administration. In 1970, he transferred from Texas A&M to the University of North Texas in Denton County, from which in 1972 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Sociology]] with a minor in [[Psychology]]. In 1975, he received a Master of Education degree in student services from the University of North Texas. In 1986, he was awarded a [[Ph.D.]] in child development (elementary education) from Texas Woman's University, also in Denton. In both of his graduate degrees, he carried minor studies in sociology.<ref name=vitae>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75R/senate/commit/c560/handouts10/0624-JuanLMaldonado.pdf|title=Curriculum Vitae: Juan L. Maldonado|publisher=senate.state.tx.us|accessdate=May 14, 2012|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222115622/http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/Commit/c560/handouts10/0624-JuanLMaldonado.pdf|archivedate=February 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=rotary>{{cite web|url=http://portal.clubrunner.ca/8274/Speakers/7a37ecdc-24d7-4a0c-b028-9b5c599cbfde|title=LCC - Update|publisher=Rotary Club of Laredo Daybreak|date=April 25, 2014|accessdate=September 9, 2015}}</ref>  

For his doctorate, he wrote the 276-page peculiarly named ''The Relationship of English Oral Language Proficiency, Cognitive Tempo, Locus of Control, and Specific Language Acquisition Factors of Mexican American Preschool Children,'' a highly specialized study.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Relationship_of_English_Oral_Languag.html?id=ts0YOAAACAAJ&hl=en|title= The Relationship of English Oral Language Proficiency, Cognitive Tempo, Locus of Control, and Specific Language Acquisition Factors of Mexican American Preschool Children |date=1986|publisher=Texas Woman's University|accessdate=October 23, 2015}}</ref

For his doctorate, he wrote the 276-page peculiarly named ''The Relationship of English Oral Language Proficiency, Cognitive Tempo, Locus of Control, and Specific Language Acquisition Factors of Mexican American Preschool Children,'' a highly specialized study.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Relationship_of_English_Oral_Languag.html?id=ts0YOAAACAAJ&hl=en|title= The Relationship of English Oral Language Proficiency, Cognitive Tempo, Locus of Control, and Specific Language Acquisition Factors of Mexican American Preschool Children |date=1986|publisher=Texas Woman's University|accessdate=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

==Early career==

==Early career==