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Category: Children Left Behind

A project exploring reasons for faltering performance and ways to improve the state of education for Wisconsin’s poor children and students of color.

Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education, Government, Health & Welfare

Early environment can change your brain

by Abigail BeckerJuly 6th, 2016February 24th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Studies show poverty damages the brains of very poor children. Early interventions and raising the standard of living of poor families could help close Wisconsin’s worst-in-the-nation achievement gap.

Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

Affordable rent, stable housing help some residents succeed

by Abigail BeckerFebruary 14th, 2016February 15th, 2016
Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

Apartment learning centers seek to shrink achievement gap for children and adults

by Abigail BeckerFebruary 14th, 2016April 25th, 2017
Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

Wisconsin’s black-white achievement gap worst in nation despite decades of efforts

by Abigail BeckerDecember 16th, 2015April 25th, 2017
Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

How to investigate achievement gaps in your local schools

by Abigail BeckerDecember 16th, 2015December 16th, 2015
Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

Critics say Wisconsin going backward on achievement gap

by Abigail BeckerDecember 16th, 2015December 16th, 2015
Posted inChildren Left Behind, Education

Local solutions integral to closing gaps, top education official says

by Abigail BeckerDecember 16th, 2015April 25th, 2017

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