Education
Breakup of MPS Is The Wrong Answer
Yes, improvements are needed, but breaking up the district won’t accomplish this.
Feb 16th, 2022 by Isral DeBruin, Dr. Patricia Hoben and Colleston Morgan, Jr., Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
School Board Races Getting More Polarized
17 school boards in state saw recall elections in last two years.
Feb 14th, 2022 by Madeline Fox, Wisconsin Public Radio
Bill To Hike Property Tax Credit Raises Controversy
Targeted tax credits meant to threaten funding for school districts that went virtual.
Feb 13th, 2022 by Christine Hatfield, Wisconsin Public Radio
GOP Bills Restrict University Teaching
Barring critical race theory, diluting ethnic course requirements, ending administrators’ immunity from lawsuits.
Feb 12th, 2022 by Henry Redman, Wisconsin Examiner
Will Wisconsin Schools Lift Mask Requirements?
With the omicron surge past, some districts are already ending mandatory masking.
Feb 11th, 2022 by Madeline Fox, Wisconsin Public Radio
Assembly Considering ‘Parents Bill of Rights’ Legislation
Rights determine medical care, child's name and pronouns used at school and review of instructional materials, among others.
Feb 11th, 2022 by Christine Hatfield, Wisconsin Public Radio
Black Students Get 81% of MPS Suspensions
But they are 50% of all students. Disproportionate rate has barely changed in 10 years.
Feb 9th, 2022 by Sam Woods, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
School Districts Spending Pandemic Funds
Wisconsin schools got $2.2 billion federal funding to spend by 2024, with more to come.
Feb 8th, 2022 by Madeline Fox, Wisconsin Public Radio
Parents May ‘Break Up’ MPS
Majority of city students may eventually attend alternatives to traditional Milwaukee Public Schools.
Feb 8th, 2022 by George Mitchell
MPS Is Still a Capitol Football
Latest proposal to break up school system is latest of such proposals going back decades.
Feb 7th, 2022 by Steven Walters
UW Prison Education Program Growing
Initiative created in December 2020 has gotten nearly $6 million in public and private grants.
Feb 1st, 2022 by Rich Kremer, Wisconsin Public Radio
Rothman Must Re-Balance UW System
UW-Madison gets too much of state funding, campuses like UWM get too little.
Jan 28th, 2022 by John Torinus
