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Overview/Goals

Wisconsin schools are fortunate to serve a diverse student population. We are strengthened by the different voices and perspectives that our students and their families bring to our classrooms. 

Family Reading - CREATESimultaneously, we struggle to respond equitably to those ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious differences, and our outcome data reflects this challenge.  In Wisconsin, students who are culturally and linguistically diverse are disproportionately represented in special education. 

A Systemic Approach

CREATE is a statewide system-change initiative designed to eradicate the achievement gap amongst diverse student populations and eliminate race as a predicting factor of participation in special education. 

CREATE works with local systems to address ingrained school practices that contribute to perpetuating disparities, thus generating an inaccessibility to learning. CREATE provides technical assistance and professional development to school districts and their communities. 

For more information, contact:

Dunlap, Ronald
CREATE Coordinator
Email
920-236-0539

CREATE Goals

  • Synthesize and expand research-based practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students in general and special education.
  • Establish a racial context for all educators that is personal, local and immediate.
  • Leverage the continued improvement of schools through collaborative work with existing technical assistance networks, continuous school improvement processes, regional and state leadership academies.
  • Engage a statewide discourse across local, professional practice and policy communities on improving educational outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students.
  • Develop products, with a particular focus on Web-based professional development, in order to help schools implement effective and evidence-based teaching and school organizational practices that support successful educational outcomes for students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.