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New Network of Charter Schools Coming

New Network of Charter Schools Coming

Ex-MPS Superintendent Howard Fuller is helping lead effort, which will delay schools opening to 2014-2015.

Plenty Of Horne: The Ghost Sign That Wasn’t
Plenty Of Horne

The Ghost Sign That Wasn’t

A bit of fake Milwaukee history, some questionable MATC ads, and debunking a war on pot.

Murphy’s Law: Biggest Taxer in Town
Murphy’s Law

Biggest Taxer in Town

Over the last five years property taxes have been driven by just one of the five local taxing units: Milwaukee Public Schools.

Education: The Long Road to Reform
Education

The Long Road to Reform

It took Boston at least a decade to improve its public schools. Is there a lesson for Milwaukee?

Book Review: Historic Milwaukee Public Schoolhouses
Book Review

Historic Milwaukee Public Schoolhouses

An enjoyable journey through many of Milwaukee's most attractive public school buildings.

City People: Josie Osborne
City People

Josie Osborne

Chance connections have driven the life of this art instructor and arts advocate.

Education: The Impact of Charter Schools
Education

The Impact of Charter Schools

The promise -- and problems -- of America’s most popular alternative to public schools can be seen in Milwaukee.

The New Arts Teachers

The New Arts Teachers

As MPS dumps arts classes, community groups now offer arts programs for 49,000 students.

Education: The Impact of Voucher Schools
Education

The Impact of Voucher Schools

How school choice has -- and hasn’t -- worked. Second in a series on education in Milwaukee.

Education: The Experimental City
Education

The Experimental City

Milwaukee may offer more school choices than any city in America. First of a series by a new columnist.

Envisioning the Seen: Milwaukee’s Future – Today, June 18th
Envisioning the Seen

Milwaukee’s Future – Today, June 18th

The Pabst Theater plays host to Envisioning the Seen: Milwaukee's Future tonight, June 18th. Ten Milwaukeeans and two moderators will hold an open-ended, fireside-style discussion, followed by an audience question and answer period.

MPS isn’t Coke or Pepsi, it’s Walmart

MPS isn’t Coke or Pepsi, it’s Walmart

America's suburban landscape has become littered with empty blight inducing big-box stores. As Walmart uses up a market, the company shutters stores and moves on to the next neighborhood, leaving hulking vacant boxes and thousands of empty, litter-filled parking spots in its wake.

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