Last week, we gathered a small group of our partners to work through a case study of a family living in Racine and discuss how to work more collaboratively to support whole families.
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As a part of our Talent Hub work to reach the goal of increasing post-secondary credential attainment rates to 60% of adults in our region and close equity gaps for African American, Hispanic, and low-income populations, our partnership brought experts from the Charles A. Dana Center to facilitate a day-long Math Symposium.
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Southeastern Wisconsin higher education, business and community leaders came together last week at We Energies to formally launch an unprecedented collaborative called the Higher Education Regional Alliance (HERA).
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In 2019, we collaborated with Racine Unified to bring a data fellow from Education Pioneers, a national education leadership development program, into our work. Our Data Fellow, Lauren Marinoff, closes her year working with us this week so we wanted to take the time to reflect on the great work she has accomplished this year.
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Yesterday, we gathered along with 18 colleges and universities across our region to celebrate the launch of the Higher Education Regional Alliance (HERA). HERA, which was first announced in 2018, represents more than 150,000 students across southeastern Wisconsin who are key to driving the economy.
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Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, announced a Modine Foundation contribution of $200,000 over five years to Higher Expectations for Racine County.
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More than 100 young learners attended the event and practiced matching letters with their letter sounds, reading picture books, creating letters with play-dough, coloring, and other fun early learning games at the Racine Public Library with the Author and Illustrator of Alexis and Anthony Go To Kindergarten.
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The Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities initiative is a great opportunity to use Racine's collaborative efforts to enhance economic mobility for Racine residents. Higher Expectations will be using our data capacity to help strengthen Racine's 5.09 HSED program and increase the number of residents with high school equivalency diplomas.
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Like many communities across the United States, Racine County recognized racial disparities affecting outcomes for children. Community leaders from this Wisconsin community turned to StriveTogether for guidance to create lasting, meaningful change.
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