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)
Lately I’ve been thinking about the immersion and bi-lingual schools in Milwaukee Public Schools. If you’re wondering if they’re drawing positive attention to MPS, here’s one example for you. On Thursday, two officials from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago’s Cultural Division will travel to Milwaukee to visit the Milwaukee Academy of Chinese [...]
In the kind of news most Milwaukee schools can only fantasize about making, St. Marcus Lutheran School, 2215 N. Palmer St., announced today that it has gotten a $460,000 grant from The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for its $12 million campus expansion project designed by Korb Tredo Architects. The school — which garnered headlines [...]
Racine native Marcus Hanel is Brewers’ bullpen catcher. That means it’s his job to make sure the Brewers’ pitching staff stays warm. This morning, however, Hanel is making sure 300 of the 370 kids at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Brown Street Academy will stay warm this winter. Hanel hits Brown Street, 2029 N. 20th St., this [...]
When Superintendent Gregory Thornton arrived to take control of Milwaukee Public Schools after the end of the last school year, he started to work on a number of changes. Certainly the most drastic change came almost right away. In July, MPS adopted a district-wide literacy curriculum to replace the 17 reading programs and 13 reading [...]
Milwaukee Public Schools teachers have voted to ratify the first-ever four-year contract — an agreement that includes a retroactive pay freeze and a health insurance change that is estimated to save taxpayers up to $50 million over the next two years. Teachers will not only switch to a lower cost health plan but will contribute [...]
The PNC Foundation announced a grant to the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum today. It will create a park-like exhibit that explores environmental stewardship and offers educational activities to improve understanding of nature and ecological science. Beth Wnuk, PNC regional president for Wisconsin, also awarded additional grants to First Stage Children’s Theater, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Wehr Nature Center [...]
In this installment of the OnMilwaukee.com Teacher Spotlight series, first grade teacher Kathy Xiong talks about how she soul-searched her way onto the teaching road and about her experiences instructing in two different states and four different schools. Currently, Xiong teaches at U.S. Grant School, 2920 W. Grant St. Grant is a Milwaukee public elementary [...]
In honor of teacher appreciation week, teachers can show a credential and get in to see Davis’ Guggenheim’s “Waiting for Superman” at a reduced rate through Thursday at Landmark’s Oriental Theater, 2230 N. Farwell Ave. Despite the fact that it’s less than flattering to their unions and, some have argued, to teachers themselves, many educators [...]
Lately it might seem that teachers are getting guff from every side. But the folks at the Harley-Davidson Museum want teachers to know they’ve got a friend down in the valley. So, teachers can show an ID and get free admission to the museum through the end of November. The museum, at 400 W. Canal [...]
In this ongoing series, OnMilwaukee.com identifies talented teachers in the Milwaukee Public School system. In this latest segment, we talk to John Kish who instructs at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning (WCLL), 3120 W. Green Ave., on Milwaukee’s South Side. Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning is the first year-round school in Milwaukee serving students [...]
In response to the recent bullying incidents that, in some cases, led to teen suicides, Facebook prompted SafetyWeb.com, the leading Web-based online monitoring software for parents, to introduce a new “Find Help” application. This is the first online help tool of its kind that enables teens using Facebook to quickly report any violation to Facebook [...]
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