Abele won’t be a hero in fight for MPS, but he won’t be a villain either
If Wisconsin were a comic book, the evil schemes of the bad guys would revolve around the destruction of this once-proudly progressive state’s public…
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Remedial college classes: A view from the high school side
Last weekend’s Alan Borsuk column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel focused on a new Wisconsin state law that directs University of Wisconsin system schools…
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Why no “opportunity” for Milwaukee’s voucher schools?
Last week, Wisconsin’s Joint Finance Committee passed a 29-page Republican-penned omnibus education funding package, which includes so many terrible provisions it’s hard to know…
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Zielinski’s charter school proposal: smart policy, smart politics or both?
Let’s get all the disclaimers out of the way now: I live in the 14th aldermanic district, currently represented by Ald. Tony Zielinski and…
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Prom stands for “promenade,” not “promoting awful ideas”
I teach high school, so this time of year I hear a lot about prom. I want to talk about the way an author…
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Is Milwaukee’s education marketplace killing school pride?
Recently, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel K-12 education reporter Erin Richards announced that she would be taking some time away from Milwaukee on a Spencer Fellowship…
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Walker’s never-ending quest to widen the resource gap
Over the last few weeks, I’ve found myself coming back often to this piece I wrote for SchoolMattersMKE a few years ago now. I…
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There be Dragons: Why Dr. Driver’s sailing may not be so smooth
I just turned 40 a few weeks ago — barely into my prime! — but it seems I have reached the point in my…
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Common Core is not the problem: testing, paranoia, and pandering are
Last week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finally got off the fence and called for the state’s lawmakers to “repeal Common Core and replace it…
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Grading MPS superintendent Thornton
It’s kids and family week here at OnMilwaukee.com and, more than ever, we’ll feature articles and blogs about children’s health, education, travel, fun and…
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