MTEA plans “MPS Children’s Week,” including giving up a week’s pay
Back in the day when I was an MTEA union rep for my school, “We can’t afford it” was a commonplace bargaining strategy from…
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Time for Milwaukee to support MPS kids and teachers
Scott Walker is like the feudal magistrate who destroys the dam, floods the valley and then criticizes the villagers for not stockpiling enough sandbags….
Read MoreThe Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: A Failure
Last week the final reports from the five-year School Choice Demonstration Project, designed to offer some hard data to the nebulous and nettlesome question…
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MPS’ call to end violence
The Maasai people of East Africa use a greeting when meeting people. They say “And how are the children? ” The expected response is…
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A visit to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
There are many educators in Milwaukee who wake up every morning and ask themselves, “how can I best serve my students today?” Recently I…
Read MoreWill special needs kids get the help they deserve in MPS?
Wow! That was all I could say when I heard that the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals had ruled in favor of the Milwaukee…
Read MoreCall to Action: How much of an investment do you need?
Since the release of the individual school budgets two weeks ago I have heard from schools all across the city and all of them…
Read MoreWhat the Jamie S. decision means
Last Friday came news that the 7th Circuit US Court of Appeals sided with the Milwaukee Public Schools in the long-running case–called the “Jamie…
Read MoreHand back MPS’ backward budget process
Last spring I took to the streets with my children and our friends and other supporters of public education to march in support of public…
Read MoreMPS’s CO merry-go-round
A number of years back, I taught a student – let’s call him Johnny – who got caught allegedly selling marijuana in the school…
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