Congratulations Ryan!

Our own Ryan Evans was selected as this year’s recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award — well done, Ryan! We’re proud of you!

Ryan Evans article

Promise Neighborhood Grant

Congratulations to Adams County on being awarded the only Promise Neighborhood planning grant in Wisconsin!  This is a great opportunity and is reflective of the many hard working and dedicated leaders in that community. It will be an honor to partner with them in this effort…

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/secretary-duncan-announces-seventeen-2012-promise-neighborhoods-winners-school-s

Scanlan’s new work

My friend and colleague Martin Scanlan from Marquette University has been doing really interesting work on the creation of “Neighborhood Educational Opportunity Zones” (also sometimes referred to as area-based initiatives or ecological reforms).