King County as 'poster child' for suburbanization of poverty
If you're a kid of color living in poverty in our region, getting to college can be tough. The Road Map Project has been trying to help for seven years. Its goal was, by 2020, to double the rate at which students in South Seattle and South King County finish college.
But with growth changing the region so quickly, people at the project reassessed that time frame. The new goal: Raise the college graduation rate to 70 percent by the year 2030.
Patricia Murphy talks with Mary Jean Ryan, the project's executive director, about the problems associated with paving the road to high school graduation and beyond for low-income students of color.
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Patricia Murphy
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Patricia Murphy is an award-winning radio journalist who has covered justice, public health, military and veterans affairs for 20 years. She’s currently the host of KUOW’s daily news podcast, Seattle Now.
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Katherine Banwell
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Katherine is the local host on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Prior to coming to KUOW, she worked at KPLU (now KNKX) as a fill-in host on All Things Considered and host of Weekend Morning Edition. She's also the voice of many telephone on-hold messages for businesses across the country and loves to act in her spare time.
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