From Venezuela to America: A Journey of Freedom featuring Daniel Di Martino
FREE Event | May 1 from 5:00 – 7:00pm
Daniel is a speaker and economist dedicated to explaining how socialism destroyed his homeland of Venezuela and the lessons we can learn from it in America and around the world. Daniel graduated with a BA in Quantitative Economics from Indiana University in Indianapolis and he is now a PhD candidate in Economics at Columbia University. He is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute focused on immigration research, and a speaker and board of advisors member at Young America’s Foundation. To teach young Americans about the importance of preserving their liberties, Daniel founded the Dissident Project, connecting high schools with immigrants who fled tyrannies around the world.
YDF Grant Encourages Greater Civic Engagement by Local Youth
April 7, 2025
On April 7th, the RCF Youth Development Fund awarded a grant to the Milton High School civics class. The grant assisted with the cost of transporting high school students to the WI State Capitol where they were able to learn more about their Capitol and state government; as well as, hear directly from state legislators explain the importance of civic engagement.
In the grant approval letter, the RCF board included the following:
"The objective of the RCF Youth Development Fund is to encourage and help facilitate Rock County students to actively engage in American citizenship by focusing on local civics. We achieve this objective by working and collaborating with student councils and/or Social Studies/Government education classes in K-12 schools across Rock County; along with local business leaders and local elected officials."
Why Local Leadership in K-12 Education Matters
February 2025
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently released “The Nation's Report Card”, which measures student performance in math and reading.
The key findings according to NAEP in the
Fewer than a third of students nationwide are working at the NAEP Proficient level in reading at both grades. Scoring at the NAEP Proficient level means consistently understanding written text and interpreting its meaning.
42% of eighth-graders report high confidence in mathematics, not significantly different from 2022, a decline from 49% in 2019
