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Students can sometimes be the very best advocates for the teaching profession. Here’s a few shout-outs to MPS teachers from none other than their…
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MPS 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 MoreA is for Awesome! A is for Amazing!
Isn’t it fascinating that comes “out of the mouths of babes” often conveys what adults should be thinking? Students can sometimes be the very…
Read MoreCommunity and Montessori Come Together in Milwaukee
Sharing a beautiful blog posted by the documentary filmmakers of “Building the Pink Tower” It was May and snowing in Wisconsin. Jan and I…
Read MoreToo late, evidence that collective bargaining works
This got some notice in the media a few months ago when it was first discussed, but the Milwaukee Public Schools officially said today…
Read MoreWhat kind of district is MPS going to be? Aide benefit question offers a guess at the answer
At its regular monthly meeting last week, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors voted to limit the availability of benefits to non-full time employees…
Read MoreThe Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part Three: Solutions
To sum up where we are: On Tuesday, I examined a large sample of students from the Milwaukee Public Schools, comparing achievement between students…
Read MoreThe crisis of MPS’s invisible students, part two: Implications
Yesterday, I broke down the numbers: Milwaukee Public Schools students who change schools within a year before they take the state’s standardized test (WKCE)…
Read MoreThe Crisis of MPS’s Invisible Students, Part One: FAY and Non-FAY
Wisconsin’s state achievement test, the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam (WKCE), is given every November to public school students in grades 3-8 and 10….
Read MoreMPS’s high spending and the resource gap: The gap remains
Last week’s release of US Census Bureau data about school finances lead to giant-font headlines all over the state about the spending of the…
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