We have time; let’s get school accountability right
With the Wisconsin State Assembly’s passage of SB286, a moderate “school accountability” bill that mostly just requires voucher schools to be part of the…
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Strong, consistent leadership needed at top – and in the middle – at MPS
It’s old news now that Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton is stepping down to take the helm of the public schools in…
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When it comes to accountability, voucher schools aren’t special
Last week, I went after an actual columnist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so this week it may not seem fair that I go…
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MPS, MTEA aim at feet, squeeze trigger
The school-reform proposal that went before the Milwaukee Public Schools board last week, and was eventually sent back to committee with no forward motion,…
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Milwaukeean calls out Wall Street Journal on schools op-ed piece
Dear Wall Street Journal, It is nice to see the Journal taking an interest in Milwaukee’s doings again; it has been more than a…
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The guy who hates school vouchers
You probably heard­­ a voucher school, LifeSkills Academy, closed last week. That story, a surprisingly common one, is usually just a local story, but…
Read MoreMPS meeting on Dover St. School building leaves questions unanswered
The excess space owned by the Milwaukee Public Schools has been in the news a lot lately. Wednesday in Madison, for example, the state…
Read MorePolitiFact sorts only some of the “truth” on voucher schools, leaves out key objections to program’s expansion
Back when I used to blog about politics, I was a constant critic of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s PolitiFact operation. Or, as I called…
Read MoreWalker’s budget is a school killer; legislative Republicans propose a severe beating instead
It’s budget season in Wisconsin, which means two things: One, the histrionics are dialed up to 11 (j’accuse, you say, and you’re right); and…
Read MoreInfinite Campus likely to be Wisconsin statewide school information system (Updated)
In an offer letter (pdf) written Friday, Feb. 1, Wisconsin’s Bureau of Procurement (no, I didn’t know we had one, either) named Minnesota-based Infinite…
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