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Special Report: Iowa’s Opportunity Gap
This IowaWatch collaboration with four Iowa newspapers, published in fall 2013, is particularly pertinent during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday period. It tells you how and why gaps exist in home ownership, jobs and pay, education and crime exist among white, black and Latino Iowans.
October 20, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/10/20/special-report-iowas-opportunity-gap/Blacks, Latinos Struggle To Raise Homeownership Rates in Iowa
Home ownership is taken for granted as the default standard of living for many Iowans. But black and Latino homeownership rates have dropped since 1960, an analysis of census data shows. The reasons are explored in the conclusion of the series, “Iowa’s Opportunity Gap,” an IowaWatch collaboration with four Iowa newspapers and I-News.
October 12, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/10/12/blacks-latinos-struggle-to-raise-homeownership-rates-in-iowa/West Liberty School Superintendent Explains Dual Language Program in Interview
In August 2013 IowaWatch and West Liberty Index reporter Stephen Gruber-Miller interviewed West Liberty schools Superintendent Steve Hanson about the district’s dual language program. District officials say the program has helped improve the educational experience and outcomes in their schools.
September 28, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/28/west-liberty-school-superintendent-explains-dual-language-program-in-interview/Graduation Rates For Iowa Blacks, Latinos Not Keeping Up During The Past Half-Century
Only 10 percent of Latino Iowans graduated college in 2010 compared to 16 percent of black and 25 percent of white Iowans, all below the national averages. Perhaps more alarming because how important a high school diploma is, a gap in high school graduation rates for white, black and Latino Iowans continues to persist.
September 28, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/28/graduation-rates-for-iowa-blacks-latinos-not-keeping-up-during-the-past-half-century/Black and Latino Rising Poverty Rates, Dropping Median Pay Are Strongly Linked
Two of every five black Iowans didn’t always live in poverty.
September 22, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/22/black-and-latino-rising-poverty-rates-dropping-median-pay-are-strongly-linked/Blacks, Latinos Falling Behind When It Comes To Opportunities In Iowa
White Iowans have made strong gains in high school and college graduation rates, lowering poverty levels, median family income and home ownership since 1960. But black and Latino achievements have grown far more slowly, or in some cases declined, widening an opportunity gap among the races, an IowaWatch-led investigation with five other news organizations shows.
September 15, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/15/blacks-latinos-failing-behind-when-it-comes-to-opportunities-in-iowa/Database: Iowa’s Opportunity Gap
U.S. Census data show where black and Latino Iowans have fallen behind white Iowans when it comes to income, jobs, home ownership and high school and college degrees. IowaWatch obtained an analysis of 50 years of U.S. Census data from the Colorado-based public service journalism organization I-News, a member of the Investigative News Network to which IowaWatch belongs.
September 15, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/09/15/database-iowas-opportunity-gap/Dream Jobs Reward Work and Play in the Gaming Industry
At first glance, working at a videogame studio is everything you’d expect. There’s free soda and coffee along with an office that you’re encouraged to decorate however you see fit.
March 20, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/03/20/dream-jobs-reward-work-and-play-in-the-gaming-industry/Domestic Violence’s Impact on Children is Profound, Causing Fear and Anxiety
“Faces of Silence” audio report: Children pick up the stress, even without physical abuse
February 27, 2013 https://www.iowawatch.org/2013/02/27/when-violence-becomes-part-of-a-childs-life-expert-says/