{"id":209,"date":"2016-03-25T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T12:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2021-07-21T19:11:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T19:11:20","slug":"minnesotas-graduation-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota&#8217;s Graduation Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-179\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-179 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41.png\" alt=\"graduation-gap-badge-2_41\" width=\"94\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41.png 255w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/graduation-gap-badge-2_41-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 94px) 100vw, 94px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>I was lead project editor as&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MPR News set out to report on an underreported fact &#8212; that Minnesota\u2019s high school graduation rates for students of color rank among the worst in the nation. We spent nearly a year observing what&#8217;s going on in schools, scanning the research and delving deep into the data. We ended up making a profound discovery: Minnesota devotes less to non-classroom student support than any state in the nation. That\u2019s a harsh realization for a state that prides itself on its high educational standards and outcomes. Along the way we bust a few myths on which that reputation rests.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This was a big project and there&#8217;s a&nbsp;<em>lot<\/em> to consume on the collection page linked below. I would single out the centerpiece broadcast&nbsp;story for not only taking&nbsp;a comprehensive look at a complex issue, but also for being one of the most listenable long-form &#8220;numbers&#8221; stories I&#8217;ve ever heard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sound1.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/sound1.png\" alt=\"sound1\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\"><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/listen?name=\/minnesota\/news\/features\/2016\/03\/07\/ly_gradgap_mainstory_20160307_64.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graduation gap centerpiece story<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/forward.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-37\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/forward.png\" alt=\"forward\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\"><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mprnews.org\/graduation-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project page link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And if you simply don&#8217;t have the time to go through that much material, I produced&nbsp;an animation for social media that distills the main points in 1:33:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-209-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GradRates4.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GradRates4.mp4\">http:\/\/bwareham.opalstacked.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/GradRates4.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was lead project editor as&nbsp;MPR News set out to report on an underreported fact &#8212; that Minnesota\u2019s high school graduation rates for students of color rank among the worst in the nation. We spent nearly a year observing what&#8217;s &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/?p=209\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Minnesota&#8217;s Graduation Gap<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/info.wareh.am\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}