Education
UW Faculty Protests Anger GOP Legislators
Walker and legislators double down: they won’t restore UW cuts or tenure protection.
May 23rd, 2016 by Steven Walters
New Charter School in Walker’s Point
Stellar Collegiate Charter School, chartered by UWM, will serve pre-school and first grade.
May 23rd, 2016 by Sophia Boyd, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
MPS Teachers Oppose State Partnership Plan
They demand specifics; Demond Means denies he will “takeover” failing schools.
May 21st, 2016 by Jabril Faraj, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Why Urban School Chiefs Fail
The lessons of former MPS superintendent Gregory Thornton’s firing in Baltimore.
May 19th, 2016 by Bruce Murphy
How Character Education Changes Lives
Three Wisconsin schools are models of such excellence.
May 19th, 2016 by Richard R. Pieper, Sr.
Action Needed on Student Loan Debt
Democratic plan lets college grads refinance debt and lower debt, as with mortgages.
May 18th, 2016 by Jennifer Shilling, Dave Hansen and Julie Lassa
You Are Losing Your University
No confidence vote warns public: the UWM you knew will be lost.
May 17th, 2016 by William L. Holahan and Charles O. Kroncke
Why I’m Leaving Wisconsin
UW-Madison English Department Chair among six department professors leaving for better pay.
May 16th, 2016 by Caroline Levine
The Decline in Equal Education Opportunity
Percent of state education dollars to poorer school districts has steadily declined since 2006.
May 13th, 2016 by Tamarine Cornelius
Pulaski & Carmen Partnership Has Growing Pains
Questions persist on whether Pulaski teachers and students have much input.
May 12th, 2016 by Jabril Faraj, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
State Should Protect Student Journalists
Eight states have passed laws limiting censorship of student publications. Why not Wisconsin?
May 6th, 2016 by Matthew Smith
Best Funded Schools Have Best Achievement
Students in state’s wealthiest school districts are 4 grade levels above poorest districts.
May 3rd, 2016 by Tamarine Cornelius
