Madison Superintendent Dan Nerad?s plan for closing the School District?s persistent racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps calls for spending an estimated $105.6 million over the next five years on a mix of new and existing strategies….Madeline Hafner, executive director of the Minority Student Achievement Network at UW-Madison, said she was pleased the plan boldly discusses the concept of institutionalized racism.
“For it to be the first foundational concept, it looks at the heart of the matter,” Hafner said. “This is how we undo a racialized past and move into a place where every kid in Madison, no matter where they live, receive a high-quality education.”