Wisconsin educators come together to advocate for improved student well-being

Wisconsin educators come together to advocate for improved student well-being

By Audrey Lopez-Stane for the WIPPS Student Journalism Program

You will be happy to know that teachers and staff across the state are hard at work incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into schools to improve student well-being.

As a 16-year-old high school student attending the Toward One Wisconsin Conference on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, I was interested in what exactly educators were doing to enhance student welfare. As one of the youngest conference attendees, I assumed the progressive endeavors of adults to be trite and tone-deaf to what actual students and youth desire in their schools. I’m happy to admit I was wrong.

Katie Koehler, Aubrey Schramm, and Meagan Strehlow of the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay introduced the early college program called Rising Phoenix, which is the dual enrollment system that allows high school students to earn an Associate of Art and Sciences degree before they graduate....


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Ken Notes: Please read the entire article at the link. We are very proud of Audrey and her article! She will go far.

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