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Infinite Campus likely to be Wisconsin statewide school information system (Updated)Milwaukee’s Amy Mizialko, a veteran MPS district mentor, spoke today at the SOS March in Washington, D.C., alongside Diane Ravitch, Jonathan Kozol and Matt Damon. The march, in support of public education, drew thousands of educators and supporters from around the country. Here is the text of her speech: Good afternoon. The last time I [...]
Amy Mizialko dropped me a note today with an update on the SOS March in Washington, D.C. For some more background, read
Wisconsin teacher Sarah Ludwig will post blogs during her time as one of 50 American educations – and one of two from the state – invited to participate in the Siemens STEM Institute this summer. I am Sarah Ludwig, science teacher at Woodworth Middle School in Fond du Lac, and I am one of
I love kids and I love schools and I love the excitement of learning and sharing knowledge and I think teaching can be a rewarding – tough, but rewarding – job. I envy those that do it well. But, and I don’t want this to come off the wrong way, I’m glad I’m not a [...]
In a letter sent to its membership and to the media today MTEA president Bob Peterson said that more than 52 percent of teachers voted against concessions and as a result the union will not re-open talks with Milwaukee Public Schools in an effort to ease the number of teacher layoffs. “The survey showed that [...]
Yesterday, I connected with Amy Mizialko and Judy Gundry, two MPS veterans, who work as district mentors and are on their way to the SOS March in Washington, D.C., this week. Mizialko and Gundry will send back dispatches from the event, which I’ll post here in my blog. Mizialko,
Updates about the SOS March and a related two-day educators’ conference in Washington D.C., this weekend have been all over Twitter and Facebook for months now. “The Save Our Schools March is being held in response to recent destructive ‘reform’ efforts which have undermined our public educational system, demoralized teachers, and reduced the education of [...]
Milwaukee Ald. Ashanti Hamilton and MPS Superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton host today’s culmination ceremony for the inaugural class of young men who participated in the Be the Change program. The event, at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall rotunda, is open to the public. The five-week program was launched earlier this summer to teach literacy, [...]
Here are some tidbits to remind you that school is just around the corner. Remember, first day back is Thursday, Sept. 1. There is a Milwaukee Public Schools board meeting at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, July 28, at 5225 W. Vliet St. You can see the full agenda
The Business Journal reported yesterday afternoon that
Although the MTEA has repeatedly said it would not enter into negotiations with MPS to change the contract that both sides agreed upon last year (and which runs through 2013), the teachers’ union recently sent out a survey to poll its members on the matter. The survey asks, “Should the MTEA enter into negotiations to [...]
If you read my blog posts, you know I support public education. You may have also gleaned that I believe in the public
On Sept. 1, new principal Nancy Martinez will stand outside Kagel Elementary in Walker’s Point to welcome her kids to school. “I am going to roll out the blue carpet for the students,” says Martinez with the kind of enthusiasm that seems to surround her like an aura. “Blue is our (school) color but it [...]
Throughout much of the spring, there were little buzzes around the district that MPS was looking at supply lists on the individual school websites and tinkering with the idea of creating a uniform supply list across the district. That buzz became reality this summer as MPS posted its 2011-12 Student Supplies List for Pre-School through [...]
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