Bobby Tanzilo

Three years ago, Milwaukee Public Schools decided — for better or for worse — to standardize its school supplies lists by grade level.  It…

We all have fond memories of summer fun on school playgrounds (don’t we?). This year, Milwaukee school playgrounds are back open offering a wide…

Tonight the Milwaukee Board of School Directors named MPS chief innovation officer Dr. Darienne Driver as acting superintendent, beginning July 1. Driver takes over…

Last week 10-year-old Sierra Guyton was shot while she played in the schoolyard at Clarke Street School. That, along with many other incidents, has…

In the wake of news that Dr. Gregory Thornton would leave his post as superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools to take the same position…

Kids come and go from schools; it’s just the nature of things. But thanks to Artists Working in Education, many Milwaukee children are making…

For the past decade, Milwaukee Public Schools enrollment has been falling with each passing year. Ten years ago, the district enrolled just over 90,000…

Most everyone seems to agree that parent involvement and community engagement are among the key factors for school success (though there is conflicting research…

Milwaukee-based Rethinking Schools, a national social justice magazine for educators, recently launched an Indiegogo campaign to crowd-fund a new book called “Rethinking Sexism, Gender…

In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, I’m offering up an encore of this 2011 blog posting. This weekend, I found a tiny square photograph…