Community and Montessori Come Together in Milwaukee
Sharing a beautiful blog posted by the documentary filmmakers of “Building the Pink Tower” It was May and snowing in Wisconsin. Jan and I…
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Fund public schools, not entitlements for voucher and for-profit charter schools
Guest blog by Bambi Statz, PhD In 2000, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court established an educational standard in Vincent v. Voight which provides that…
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“Mikey” illustrates the life of a child with autism
When Judy Cohen heard about a California woman who wanted to write a book because her young son with autism was not understood by…
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PBS Idea Channel surprises Reagan High School students
It seemed like a regular school day for Dan Monfre’s study hall section at Ronald Reagan High School. Students sat in their pupil desks,…
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Getting to the bottom of Bay View
A group of students from MPS’ Bay View and Bradley Tech High Schools is working in concert with Discovery World to excavate a lost…
Read MoreUse revenue increase to fully fund Wisconsin’s K-12 public schools
Wisconsin now projects a healthy increase in revenue over the next two years. Those hundreds of millions of dollars in additional resources must be…
Read MoreWisconsin’s grandparents understand that vouchers don’t work
Grandparents understand the importance of funding public schools, too. Wisconsin is marching inexorably down a path toward two separate publicly funded education systems…
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Milwaukee Public Library summer reading program kicks off today
Summer is almost here – and so is your child’s opportunity to be a Super Reader! The Milwaukee Public Library kicks off their annual…
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Biden to Milwaukee student: People love chocolate
This morning, Jenny Aicher, a teacher at Downtown Montessori in Bay View, wrote to share some big news on campus. A 7-year-old, second-grade student…
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The further greening of Milwaukee schoolyards
The idea that every child – at every school – in Milwaukee deserves green space is one to which I subscribe. I’ve been a…
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