Jake Wertz is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Prior to graduate school, he helped establish and grow charter schools in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Jake Wertz
Articles
California Sons: Miriam Pawel’s “The Browns of California”
Jake Wertz reviews “The Browns of California,” a four-generation biography of the Brown family and a portrait of the state they shaped.
Past Progressive: Dan Kaufman’s “The Fall of Wisconsin”
A smart analysis of how foundations and outside money helped turn a left-leaning state to Trump.
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