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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Community forum with Milwaukee school board candidates scheduled for March 31
The MICAH Education Task Force will hold a community forum featuring the candidates for the Milwaukee Board of School Directors on Tuesday, March 31…
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Experts on post-Katrina New Orleans education reform to speak in Milwaukee
With proposed legislation under discussion to bring to Milwaukee some of the education reform efforts that affected New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the Milwaukee Board of School…
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Public school advocates to request hearing extension to testify against budget
Milwaukee educators, parents and students will arrive at the state budget hearing immediately after school this Friday, March 20 and ask that the hearing be extended…
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Community to rally for public schools two days before state budget hearing
Hundreds of parents, educators, students and community members will rally in support of public schools this Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the MATC Cooley Auditorium. The featured speaker…
Read MoreProjected surplus gives governor, Legislature a chance to make a down-payment on undoing mistakes of the past
Wisconsin has a $900 million budget surplus. In part, and in one of the great injustices in state history, it was built on the…
Read MoreGov. Walker should veto provision to hide voucher school records
So much bad was packed into the 2013-15 budget headed to Governor Scott Walker’s desk that we should start over. From underfunding public schools…
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