Socio-Economic Analysis of Issues Facing Children and Families in Milwaukee Public Schools: Presentation

Abstract

This presentation for Milwaukee Public Schools administrators details critical neighborhood issues facing MPS children and families, including the housing crisis and spike in foreclosures, crime and traffic accidents near the schools, availability of subsidized child care, changes in public assistance policies for parents, drivers’ license barriers to employment, rates of incarceration in MPS neighborhoods, lasting impacts of the recession, and earnings of employed Milwaukee families.