MPS facilities meeting draws big crowd at Reagan
This week MPS held a series of public sessions at schools around the city as part of its long-range facilities plan, which the administration…
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Know your AYP from your elbow: Becoming an informed public school parent
Rarely does a school day pass that I am not reminded of how much the parents at my child’s school know about what goes…
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U.S. Ed Secretary Duncan stops in Milwaukee
You could tell by heavy police presence that something was up at the old Custer High School on Sherman Boulevard this morning. But, if…
Read MorePublic Policy Forum report on public education is out
While I’m at School of Career and Technical Education listening to U.S. Dept. of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, you can check out the latest…
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Community asked to weigh in on MPS facilities plan
All summer long, Milwaukee Public Schools has been working on a new long-range facilities plan, the final version of which is due to arrive…
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Living with cuts, a group of teachers works to connect
Now that school is back in session, Wisconsin educators are again focused tightly on the kids in their classrooms. But being back amid the…
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On the first day of school, some welcome news
School began today for Milwaukee Public Schools and other districts in the area, too. I was at two MPS schools this morning and the…
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Tuning up a classroom for the new school year
Earlier this week, three days before Milwaukee Public Schools students were set to return to start the 2011-12 school year, I paid a visit…
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Hines is working to take Gaenslen all the way
In July I met the whirlwind of excitement and energy that is Nancy Martinez, who recently took over as principal at MPS’ Kagel pre-K…
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Peters’ pep talk is part of ongoing GE/MPS relationship
In the seven months since word arrived that the GE Foundation was giving MPS $20.4 million, the district and its benefactor have been working…
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