Elected leaders and city officials have reached out to our reporters and editors about the issue as some re-zoning efforts begin. And we've received a lot of reader feedback on the series, which is ongoing.
Our latest story in the series examines how discriminatory lending practices persist in New Hampshire, creating obstacles to home ownership for non-white residents.
I have highlighted many of the stories and series that our team and our partners have worked on in the last few months, but there is a lot more available than I've been able to share in this newsletter. I invite you to visit our project page, where you can find everything from a series on environmental justice or college diversity to our civic engagement project and a bilingual initiative highlighting Latino restaurant owners in our state.
Last weekend, we launched our Education and Equity series, which will shine a light on some of the biggest issues facing education in our state. Over the next few months, the Collaborative and our partners will examine, in depth, what is working and what could be improved in New Hampshire schools and classrooms. Among the topics we'll investigate are school leveling practices that can lead to inequity, the impact of the new education savings accounts, and how English as a Second Language programs are approached in different districts. And we're doing this reporting in partnership with you.
This month, we released our College Diversity Series, which has been in the making since the beginning of the year. The Collaborative worked with our partners at the New Hampshire Press Association to develop teams of student journalists to explore issues of diversity on the state’s college campuses. Their reporting found that NH colleges have struggled to meet their own diversity goals, and they often face a tough sell in their bid for minority students.
