Every school surrounded by a park
In 1911, Danish-born landscape architect Jens Jensen, who left a lasting imprint on the upper Midwest, wrote of the school playground, “It belongs to…
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Brookfield parents work to bring musical back to middle school
The Elmbrook School District is known for its strong fine arts program. Even most middle school students have the opportunity to perform in a…
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Miner’s Milwaukee schools history book has lessons nationwide
You can read an endless parade of books about public education. There are surveys of history, books that focus on charters and on voucher…
Read MoreState-of-the-state takes us on a wild ride through the looking glass
Have you ever felt that you fell through the looking glass hand-in-hand with Alice to a place where up is down, north is really…
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Great Schools rankings may challenge your notions of local choices
Last week, I spied a copy of the new Great Schools school finder which rates all the area public, charter and private schools to…
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Budget surplus should help re-fund public schools
Tomorrow night at 7 p.m. Gov. Scott Walker will give his state of the state address speech for 2013. Certainly, he and I won’t…
Read MoreIs there a new McCarthyism afoot?
We all had a good laugh last week when Wisconsin State Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) put out a press release asking, exasperatedly, “Why…
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