Listen "MKE Roots gets federal funding after previous grant cancelled, curriculum must now "commemorate" 1776"
Episode Synopsis
Back in September, Lake Effect reported on the sudden cancellation of federal funding for MKE Roots. The program trains Milwaukee-area teachers on how to make social studies relevant to students by connecting them to local history. Last month, MKE Roots was notified that it would again receive federal funding. But the money came with the stipulation that the program focus on commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Melissa Gibson is an associate professor at Marquette University and the faculty director of MKE Roots. She speaks with Lake Effect’s Sam Woods about the changes to its federal grant funding, and how it will – and won’t - change what the program does.
More episodes of the podcast Lake Effect Spotlight
Half SNAP and the House of Peace
07/11/2025
What music education does for a community
06/11/2025
Milwaukee remembers its Chinese Laundry Era
04/11/2025
How Wisconsin feels about climate change
29/10/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.