In The Classroom

With anticipation bubbling up for Sunday’s Milwaukee Film Festival screening of “Waiting for Superman,” some might have expected Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Thornton…

This is the second installment of a new OnMilwaukee.com series highlighting talented public school teachers. Traci McKean teaches third grade at River Trail-School of…

Welcome to the first installment of a new series highlighting talented teachers from Milwaukee Public Schools. In this segment, meet Vincent High School teacher…

The bell rings for most Milwaukee area school districts next week. In reality, a lot of teachers have been working on their own time…

Starting in September, OnMilwaukee.com will run a six-week series of articles called the teacher spotlight. The articles will run in the Kids & Family…

Last October, Gov. Jim Doyle signed a law that required Wisconsin children to complete kindergarten before being admitted to first grade. This law goes…

Although The New York Times once called Los Angeles public school teacher Rafe Esquith “a genius and a saint” and Oprah bought him a…

Milwaukee Public Schools now has an “official” policy banning bullying at MPS schools. And we thought fighting was already a suspension-earning offense, but bullying…

If you’ve lived or spent any time on Milwaukee’s East Side, then you likely know that Maryland Avenue Montessori School — an MPS school…