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Investing in the Education of Students of Color Benefits All Americans

December 4, 2015

by Jamal Hagler Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Center for American Progress As Congress prepares to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, or ESEA, it is vitally important that the updated law address the significant achievement gaps that plague the nation’s most underserved populations: students of color and low-income students. Providing […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Academic Achievement Gaps, Center for American Progress CAP, Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA, ESEA Reauthorization, Jamal Hagler

New Website Aims To Help Educators Teach About Wisconsin Tribes

December 4, 2015

UW Coordinator Says Law Mandating Education About Wisconsin’s Native Americans Goes ‘Unfunded And Unenforced’ A new website has been launched to help educators teach their students about Wisconsin’s Native American tribes. In a survey last year, more than two-thirds of the state’s teachers said they didn’t have the proper resources to teach their students about […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aaron Bird Bear, Native American Tribes, Wisconsin Act 31

National Education Advocate Says Family Is Key to Learning

November 20, 2015

By Monique Chappell Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Charlotte Post Education always played a big part in Byron Garrett’s life. “Education has always been a love of our family,” said Garrett, a Greensboro native and chairman of the National Family Engagement Alliance. “It’s always been the key thing that we believe to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Byron Garrett, EpicFest, Monique Chappell

Education Profile: Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson

November 6, 2015

‘Twice Exceptional’ Student Earns Ph.D., Spearheads Research on Gifted Minority Students with Learning Disabilities Interview by Brianna Rae Dr. Shawn Anthony Robinson recently obtained his Ph.D. from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee in the Literacy and Language program. He previously earned a master’s in school counseling from DePaul University as well as a bachelor’s degree […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brianna Rae, Interview, Shawn Anthony Robinson

Madison Schools Piloting New Foreign Language Immersion Program

October 30, 2015

10 Kindergarten Classes Will Spend Half The Day Teaching In Spanish by Parth Shah The Madison Metropolitan School District will explore a new way to teach foreign language. One in every four Madison public school students is a non-native English speaker with more than half of those students speak Spanish at home. Now, 10 Madison […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Language Immersion, Madison Metropolitan School District, Parth Shah

Number of Black Teachers Rapidly Declines as Minority Student Population Increases

October 16, 2015

By Robert Bess Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Westside GazetteA The minority population has grown tremendously since the year 2000. According to the Census Bureau, the Hispanic population growth is due to U.S. births–and Asian population growth is due primarily to immigration since 2012. That alone has fueled a 5 percent population […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Teachers, Hispanic Teachers, Population Growth, Robert Bess

Wisconsin’s First Conference for Queer People of Color A Success

October 16, 2015

by Aarushi Agni Safe spaces can be hard to come by for a queer person of color on a mostly white college campus, steeped in a heteronormative, capitalist culture. Attendees and organizers of the first-ever Wisconsin Queer People of Color Conference strived to create this safe space last weekend. Among other measures, conference participants wore […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Aarushi Agni, Coya White Hat-Artichoker, Danez Smith, Queerness, Wisconsin Queer People of Color Conference

Urban Schools Task Force Meets For First Time Madison

October 9, 2015

Schools Superintendent Testifies on Teacher Recruitment by Shamane Mills An education task force created by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to come up with ways to improve public education in urban areas of the state held its first meeting Tuesday. At the first of five planned meetings, the task force talked about teacher recruitment and retention. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Jennifer Cheatham, Jessie Rodriguez, Robin Vos, Shamane Mills, Teacher Recruitment

Preschool of the Arts to host public talks and workshops on race and privilege

October 9, 2015

Local preschool to host “Why are you brown?” an event series about speaking to children about race and privilege (MADISON, WI) – Featuring the expertise of local leaders and leading Wisconsin academic experts including Erin N. Winkler, chair of UW-Milwaukee’s Africology Department , UW-Madison’s Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Madison Metropolitan School […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Discussions, Free and Open To The Public, Preschool of the Arts, Race and Privilege

About 1 In 4 Of Female UW-Madison Students Say They’ve Been Sexually Assaulted

October 2, 2015

Survey Respondents Say In Most Cases Of Assault, Offender Had Been Drinking by Shamane Mills and The Associated Press Nearly 28 percent of female undergraduates responding to a campus survey at University of Wisconsin-Madison say they’ve been sexually assaulted. UW-Madison was one of 27 universities around the country that participated in the survey put together […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Sexual Assault, Shamane Mills, University of Wisconsin, UW-Madison

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