Bobby Tanzilo

You know by now that I support public Montessori, a method that has been responsible for some of the highest achieving schools in MPS….

Lately I’ve written very little about Montessori in Milwaukee Public Schools. It’s not for the lack of activity and it’s not for the lack…

As Milwaukee Public Schools’ communications director Roseann St. Aubin announces her departure, we offer a fond farewell. Like most of you, I first “met”…

Folks are usually looking for bright spots in our public schools and a late-addition item on the agenda of this Thursday’s Committee of Student…

MPS’ chief academic officer, Heidi Ramirez, who came to Milwaukee with superintendent Gregory Thornton when he arrived in 2010, has resigned. Ramirez said she…

Any parent knows that kids can and will surprise you. For example, Danceworks‘ Mad Hot Ballroom program has challenged perceptions of what fifth and…

Last week, MPS’ Albert Kagel School in Walker’s Point celebrated International Day and though I couldn’t make it down to check it out, I…

MPS and the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association are working together to create MPS Children’s Week, which kicks off Sunday, April 22 and runs through…

One of the best emails I’ve gotten so far this month arrived from a teacher I don’t know, at an MPS school I’ve never…

If you watch this space, you know I’ve written a bit about vintage schoolhouses. Those pieces have usually focused a bit on history, a…