Bobby Tanzilo

The push back against testing in schools is all over the news lately, with protests across the country by parents and educators who believe…

Though a short list of four potential candidates has been circulating recently, veteran and recently retired Milwaukee Public Schools principal Dan Donder looks set…

When it comes to schools, communities often know best. Maybe not always, but often. And it looks like in the case of 81st Street…

The one thing that makes a closed school building look lifeless and truly dead is the lack of student artwork on the walls. For…

On Tuesday, the Baltimore City Public Schools board approved the four-year, nearly $1 million contract that will bring MPS Superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton to…

On Monday, Milwaukee Public Schools teachers and school psychologists received a letter from outgoing Superintendent Gregory Thornton notifying them that their March 28 paycheck…

United by a passion for – OK, a curiosity about – mock chicken leg, MPS’ Cooper School on the South Side hosted a Mock…

Surely, you’ve heard me say it before. Milwaukee Public Schools’ family of public Montessori schools is unrivaled in the United States. No other city…

One of the legacies of outgoing MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton will be the re-centralization of many items previously included in individual school budgets (aka…

It’s a popular and perennial hobby in Milwaukee to beat up on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors and its members. Their job is…