In 2018, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel education reporter Erin Richards and her team of O鈥橞rien student interns launched an online and print series called 鈥�.鈥� It examines the academic impact of student turnover between schools in Wisconsin and across the nation.
Despite targeted reforms and dedicated teachers, many underperforming schools are not improving. Richards鈥� series investigates one possible reason: high rates of student turnover between schools.
Across Wisconsin, about 10 percent of publicly funded students changed schools in a non-routine way between the 2016-鈥�17 and 2017-鈥�18 school years-- moving from one elementary school to another, for example, or changing schools mid-year. This churn can make it difficult for educators to build the lasting relationships with students that in turn make academic growth possible.
Marquette students Sean Blashe, Diana Dombrowski, McKenna Oxenden and Patrick Thomas all contributed reporting to the series.
The team also collaborated with Milwaukee Journal Sentinel staff, including photojournalist Angela Peterson and data journalist Kevin Crowe. Additionally, special projects developer Erin Caughey and interactive news developer Andrew Mollica created multimedia data visualizations for the online piece.
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