Welcome to the Madison Commons, a website designed to provide news and information about all of Madison's neighborhoods and a crossroads for the discussion of community issues. The name comes from the idea of a village commons, a place for news, talk, debate, and some entertainment, too, that's open to everyone.
[1]The full report is available at achievement.madisoncommons.org.
Bridging the Gap is an in-depth look at Madison’s racial academic achievement gap. This issue spans the city and touches almost every aspect of our community.
The causes of these academic inequalities run deep and need to be addressed. Many schools are actively seeking solutions. But how well can these efforts narrow a racial academic achievement gap that is now built into the system?
Read through this special report [2]'s in-depth coverage of Madison's achievement gap, where reporters focused on Leopold Elementary School [3] to showcase what educators are doing to narrow race-based education gaps. We also looked at the Madison Metropolitan School District as a whole in addition to reporting on community programs with an education focus. On the site's data page [4], you can find information on enrollment trends and how schools are doing.
Bridging the Gap is a special production of the Madison Commons. It evolved from an upper level reporting class of four students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW–Madison.
