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)
So today is the day. I am entering the blogging universe for the very first time. I am not quite sure why people blog or how people blog, but I have been told time and time again that I need to blog. So, here I go…. You probably know me already (since you’re reading my [...]
I’m sure the people behind “Won’t Back Down” knew what they were doing when they decided to release this public school politics firebomb to theaters when they did. Between the heated discussions resulting from its subject matter and the buzz generated by its star-studded cast (Maggie Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis and Holly Hunter are the top-billed [...]
(PRESS RELEASE) – Milwaukee Board of School Directors President Michael Bonds and Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton will hold a forum on Saturday to discuss the internationally-competitive
Milwaukee Public Schools are starting the new school year with a boost from the business community. Johnson Controls, Inc. has donated a plug-in electric and an all-electric vehicle to Pulaski High School’s automotive program. This donation will create what is believed to be the first program in the nation to give students access to today’s [...]
Next week is International Walk to School Day and in preparation, I heard a
There is a ray of hope for Wisconsin’s 800,000-plus public school children looking for quality educational opportunities. After 20 years of hemorrhaging resources to a broken school-funding system and a state budget that slashed $1.6 billion from public school resources, at least a partial payback for all of that pain and suffering might be on [...]
“What do you think makes up a neighborhood?” Donesha Jackson, a junior at Bradley Tech High School, asked me this yesterday as we stood on the school’s west lawn. I couldn’t even begin to answer her. But this is the question that she and 34 other students from Bradley Tech and Bay View high schools [...]
MADISON (News Release) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers and educational experts will look at factors that shape Wisconsin’s public education system at a panel discussion Wednesday. Sen. Luther Olsen (R – Ripon) and Rep. Sondy Pope-Roberts (D – Cross Plains) will participate in the panel from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Sept. 19 at [...]
Danceworks is giving kids a creative boost once again during this year’s Danceworks School Day Off Workshops. The organization will once again present a series of creative arts workshops for ages 5-10 this school year that correspond with MPS and Woodlands School schedules. The workshops will run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on school off [...]
When I talked to the principal at Maryland Avenue Montessori School this morning, we agreed it’s a great day for the ribbon cutting ceremony on the MPS school’s new rain garden. There was a light drizzle and the show would go on. As long as there’s been an East Side, there’s been a Maryland Avenue [...]
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