The Difference

During Monday's installment of The Difference, we went to Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne to learn how a mentoring program is working to help…

Black students make up less than ten percent of enrollment at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne. Of that population, many students face additional…

The community college was invented to be a gateway to opportunity – open access, low tuition, and a focus on workplace readiness. That model draws a…

This week for our series The Difference, we’re taking a look at school discipline, and how it affects students of color.So far we’ve learned how a series…

We continue our series The Difference, exploring black male achievement - today, on a statewide level.Even when the Indiana General Assembly isn’t in…

Being disciplined in schools can have major long term ramifications for boys of color.Every kid first learns how to behave – at home. Sometimes with…

As we heard in Wednesday's interview with Ron Lewis, significant challenges exist for young black men in the classroom, and many are hard to quantify. But…

By now, it should be no surprise to listeners of The Difference that young African-American men are falling behind their peers in the classroom.In…

From education to income, there’s a significant gap between black men and their peers in Fort Wayne- last year, the City was awarded a technical grant…

Fort Wayne Rescue Mission CEO Donovan Coley never thought of himself as black until he moved to the U.S. from Jamaica. According to Coley, being black in…