PolitiFact sorts only some of the “truth” on voucher schools, leaves out key objections to program’s expansion
79 MPS students earn national German language awards
Private school voucher expansion: A growing taxpayer-funded entitlement
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: A Failure
Infinite Campus likely to be Wisconsin statewide school information system (Updated)
A group of students from MPS’ Bay View and Bradley Tech High Schools is working in concert with Discovery World to excavate a lost block of homes in Bay View this weekend. The students – who are interns in Discovery World’s
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Use revenue increase to fully fund Wisconsin’s K-12 public schools
Wisconsin now projects a healthy increase in revenue over the next two years. Those hundreds of millions of dollars in
Wisconsin’s grandparents understand that vouchers don’t work
Grandparents understand the importance of funding public schools, too. Wisconsin is marching inexorably down a path toward two separate publicly funded education systems for our K-12 students. One is our traditional public schools; the other, private voucher schools largely funded by taxpayer dollars. The school voucher program began in 1990 under Gov. Tommy Thompson [...]
Milwaukee Public Library summer reading program kicks off today
Summer is almost here – and so is your child’s opportunity to be a Super Reader! The Milwaukee Public Library kicks off their annual Super Reader Summer Reading Program today. The program encourages children to read or be read to every day during the summer, while tracking reading progress in a folder and earning incentives [...]
Biden to Milwaukee student: "People love chocolate"
This morning, Jenny Aicher, a teacher at Downtown Montessori in Bay View, wrote to share some big news on campus. A 7-year-old, second-grade student in her class received a handwritten note from Vice President Joe Biden. “Myles and I were having lunch one day when he said, ‘Barb, I have a really good idea’,” recalls [...]
The further greening of Milwaukee schoolyards
The idea that every child – at every school – in Milwaukee deserves green space is one to which
The powers that be … stupid
I’m having a parenting dilemma that is becoming harder and harder for me to ignore and I am very interested to know if anyone else has faced it. How do I tell my children that some adults are stupid, and some of their rules are stupid, without teaching them to disrespect authority and other people [...]
A tiny photo of a big man
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I’m offering up an encore of this 2011 blog posting. This weekend, I found a
Reagan students to host visual arts showcase tonight
This evening, the public will have a unique opportunity to view the work of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Visual Art students at MPS’ Ronald Reagan College Preparatory High School. The students, who participated in the two-year intensive visual arts program, have each created a 30-piece body of work with a central theme and have chosen [...]
PolitiFact sorts only some of the “truth” on voucher schools, leaves out key objections to program’s expansion
Back when I used to blog about politics, I was a constant critic of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s PolitiFact operation. Or, as I called it, Politi”Fact,” with the emphasis on the sarcasm quotes. Why? Because PolitiFact Wisconsin, as the local franchise is known, tries to set itself up as a neutral arbiter, and so it [...]
Private school voucher expansion: A growing taxpayer-funded entitlement
by John Forester Many observers have called Gov.Scott Walker’s proposal to expand private school vouchers bad education policy. I agree. Today I would like to address voucher expansion from the perspective of fiscal policy. If voucher advocates are successful in expanding private school vouchers in this budget, vouchers will eventually become one of the largest [...]
Bonds re-elected board prez; Holman in as veep
Director Michael Bonds was unanimously re-elected Tuesday evening as president of the Milwaukee Board of School Directors for the 2013-14 Board year. Director Meagan Holman was unanimously elected vice president. She replaces Director Larry Miller in that role. The Tuesday administrative meeting was the first Board meeting for newly-elected Board directors Tatiana Joseph, who represents [...]
Latest school tests re-ignites public/voucher debate
The latest results from a new system of standardized tests for Wisconsin students has set off yet another round in the seemingly endless debate about education in Milwaukee. Which is best? Public schools or voucher schools? If you’ve been paying attention to the debate that has surrounded this issue for the past 30 years or [...]
Job application workshops at CYD can show the way
When you work with young people in Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods, it’s easy to see how important it is for them to be able to get a job one day. Before they do, it’s even more important they know how to apply for a job. Many young people looking for jobs this summer want to work [...]
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