Month: October 2019

Community Schools: An Equity Strategy for School Success Gavin Luter  n Session 3 Target  n Audience: Education Support Professionals, Aspiring Educators, Teachers, Community School Coordinators, Community Schools Program Support  n n The Community Schools model …

Westmoreland Coal Company’s spokesman said it wasn’t the company’s fault that those who spent their working lives mining coal for the company find themselves old and with neither pensions nor health insurance. He blames capitalism. …

New study maps how and why life is worse for African Americans in a dozen states, including Wisconsin.   Midwest racial gaps grow

‘Race in the Heartland,” written by Colin Gordon, is a joint project of Policy Matters Ohio, Iowa Policy Project, EARN and COWS, a nonprofit think-and-do tank, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which promotes “high-road” solutions …

COWS report highlights racial disparities in employment, education.   COWS report highlights racial disparities in employment, education

African Americans lag behind white Americans in employment and educational outcomes nationally, but University of Iowa Professor Colin Gordon’s Race in the Heartland report argues that the gap between white and black Midwesterners is among the worst in …