The Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part Three: Solutions
To sum up where we are: On Tuesday, I examined a large sample of students from the Milwaukee Public Schools, comparing achievement between students…
Read MoreJune, 2012
The crisis of MPS’s invisible students, part two: Implications
Yesterday, I broke down the numbers: Milwaukee Public Schools students who change schools within a year before they take the state’s standardized test (WKCE)…
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There are plenty of sports to talk about
For talk radio hosts, news usually happens in some sort of cycle. There’s the 24/7 news cycle, in which news breaks depending on the…
Read MoreThe Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part One: FAY and Non-FAY
Wisconsin’s state achievement test, the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam (WKCE), is given every November to public school students in grades 3-8 and 10….
Read MoreA college tuition diet plan for parents?
ARRGG!! OMG… what have we done?? Well, I am planning to send my baby off to college in a few weeks and while surfing…
Read MoreMPS’s high spending and the resource gap: The gap remains
Last week’s release of US Census Bureau data about school finances lead to giant-font headlines all over the state about the spending of the…
Read MoreOuting myself
I have been quiet the past few weeks but not for a lack of things to say but only because so many of my…
Read MoreAct 10 savings simply don’t add up
When I hear Gov. Scott Walker’s claims of savings for school districts thanks to Wisconsin Act 10, two adages come to mind. One is…
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A new South Side Montessori is good news for MPS
Folks are usually looking for bright spots in our public schools and a late-addition item on the agenda of this Thursday’s Committee of Student…
Read MoreWisconsin’s children in crisis: Two problems, two solutions
It’s really quite simple. If Wisconsin’s public schools have the resources to give all children the opportunities they need to learn, the majority of…
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