Parents for Public Schools hosts school board candidate forum Wednesday night
Four of the nine seats on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors are up for grabs on April 4, and there are two candidates…
Read More
Create a Super Reader and prevent your child taking the “summer slide”
It’s that time of year again. The time when I’m thrilled that my kids are thrilled to sign up for Milwaukee Public Library’s Super…
Read More
Great teachers make their mark every single day
It’s teacher appreciation week and social media is humming with tributes to great mentors and educators. A few years ago, I wrote about the…
Read More
School’s green yard earns MMSD honor
It’s no secret I’m a fan of the greening of school playgrounds. I wrote about the project at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Maryland Avenue Montessori,…
Read More
Garfield School proposals released
Months after the City requested proposals to redevelop a group of properties on 4th and North, including the Henry Koch-designed former Garfield Avenue School…
Read More
Pathways ideas generate discussion – and some ire – but are not done deals
As kids return to school this week, many MPS families are wondering about the future of their programs, thanks to a document that quietly…
Read More
MPS expands Junior Achievement Learning Journey for 5th graders
When she spoke at a Milwaukee Press Club luncheon yesterday in Downtown Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver spoke of the many…
Read More
Flu is upon us and Milwaukee is awash in germs
Stay away from Facebook, it’s covered in germs. If it wasn’t alarming enough that every third social media post appears to be about a…
Read More
DCD committee reviews proposals for Garfield Avenue School
In September the Milwaukee Department of City Development issued a request for proposals to redevelop the shuttered Garfield Avenue School and some adjacent property…
Read More
White House summit brings news of $1 billion for early childhood education
Having hit the usual brick wall with Congress on early childhood education — despite the fact that it appears to be an issue most…
Read More