School Matters MKE - Milwaukee education at a glance
  • Home
  • Authors
  • In The Classroom
    • Check out the new Bucks-built sports complex at MPS’ Browning Elementary
      Check out the new Bucks-built sports complex at MPS’ Browning Elementary
    • Midnight basketball scores as “positive activity” for young men
      Midnight basketball scores as “positive activity” for young men
    • Bucks Foundation awards $100,000 grant to Schools That Can Milwaukee
      Bucks Foundation awards $100,000 grant to Schools That Can Milwaukee
  • Celebrate Teachers and Teaching
    • Dear Mrs. Esenberg
      Dear Mrs. Esenberg
    • What’s in a Name? Racial Identity & Academic Expectations
      What’s in a Name? Racial Identity & Academic Expectations
    • Teachers Dedicated to Service: Mara Brandli
      Teachers Dedicated to Service: Mara Brandli
  • Politics
    • Critics fear MPS uniform policy will fail to achieve its goals
      Critics fear MPS uniform policy will fail to achieve its goals
    • Parents for Public Schools hosts school board candidate forum Wednesday night
      Parents for Public Schools hosts school board candidate forum Wednesday night
    • Face criticism? WILL won’t
      Face criticism? WILL won’t

Andrea Waxman

In The ClassroomJanuary 20, 2017

Milwaukee Academy of Science senior wins full scholarship to Northwestern

By Andrea Waxman

One day last semester, high school senior David Washington left his calculus class late, and his father, who was waiting outside, was concerned that…

Read More
In The ClassroomSeptember 23, 2015

Air Force veteran teaches thinking and life skills through chess and art

By Andrea Waxman

Chicago native Quan Caston’s first foreign assignment, in England, offered him opportunities to interact with people of many backgrounds and to consider his identity…

Read More
PoliticsJune 4, 2015

SOS: A distress signal to parents of Wisconsin public school kids

By Andrea Waxman

For years, many of we suburban moms and dads have viewed the voucher school versus public school funding debate from the outside looking in….

Read More
In The ClassroomFebruary 25, 2015

Pan-African group helps refugees, immigrants adjust to U.S.

By Andrea Waxman

Editor’s note: This article is one of an occasional series profiling the finalists for Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDIs). The Pan-African Community Association is…

Read More
Powered by OnMilwaukee.com.
Back to top