Jennifer Guerra
Senior ProducerJennifer is a reporter for Michigan Radio's State of Opportunity project, which looks at kids from low-income families and what it takes to get them ahead. She previously covered arts and culture for the station, and was one of the lead reporters on the award-winning education series Rebuilding Detroit Schools. Prior to working at Michigan Radio, Jennifer lived in New York where she was a producer at WFUV, an NPR station in the Bronx.
Her stories and documentaries have won numerous regional and national awards, and her work has aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace and Studio 360.
Jennifer graduated from the University of Michigan and received her M.A. in broadcast journalism from Fordham University. When she's not on the radio, she and her husband are making up lyrics to songs and singing them to their adorable baby girl.
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Who knows how much it takes to educate a child, and how do you find out? The state of Michigan is trying to answer those questions right now.
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We're going to go out on a limb here and say most parents want to know how their child's school measures up in terms of standardized test scores,… -
There are many stories about how going to war impacts individuals. But what about the impact of overseas service on families? As we continue our series,… -
Extra credit and "credit recovery" help Michigan students graduate, but there are questions about rigor. -
Our State of Opportunity team has been diving into the issue school funding over the past couple months.The vast majority of Michigan K-12 schools get… -
Over at our State of Opportunity website, we've been on Gap Watch: achievement gaps, literacy gaps, technology gaps, gender gaps, etc.Our latest… -
College is expensive. For some families, it’s prohibitively expensive. Several school districts are trying to follow the Kalamazoo Promise model by… -
More than 90% of school children in Lake County qualify for free or reduced price lunch. To make sure they continue to eat healthy meals once school is… -
Lake County, in central northern Michigan, is the poorest part of the state, with nearly half of its children living in poverty. That’s according to the… -
More than 400,000 children are currently in foster care in the U.S. Once a child has entered the system, they remain there on average for nearly two…