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  • Wisconsin Budget: Voters Okay 56 of 66 School Referendums

    Cambria-Friesland School District. Photo from the Cambria-Friesland School District Facebook page. Apr 11th, 2018 by Tamarine Cornelius
  • Data Wonk: How Are Our Schools Doing?

    Milwaukee Public Schools Office of School Administration, 5225 W. Vliet St. Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Public Schools. Dec 20th, 2017 by Bruce Thompson
  • Your Right to Know: School Districts Fail at Open Records

    Milwaukee Public Schools Office of School Administration, 5225 W. Vliet St. Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Public Schools. Nov 30th, 2017 by Tom Kamenick and Libby Sobic
  • YWCA Program Replaces GED

    Schivon Young, 32, (left), Whitney Burks, 28, (center) and Kimberly Collins are weeks away from obtaining their high school equivalency diplomas. Photo by Edgar Mendez. Jul 12th, 2017 by Edgar Mendez
  • Passing Rate on GED Plummets

    The number of students who passed their GED tests at Milwaukee’s four main testing sites nose-dived when a new, more challenging test was rolled out in 2014. It has been rising slowly since then, but is still fewer than one-fourth of the total who passed in 2013. Photo by Edgar Mendez. May 23rd, 2017 by Edgar Mendez
  • Hot Summer Milwaukee Returns

    Hot Summer Milwaukee, version 2.0. Photo by Amanda Maniscalco. May 18th, 2017 by Amanda Maniscalco
  • Wisconsin Budget: Referendum Bill Bad for Rural Districts

    Photo by Jan-Erik Finnberg. Image trimmed (CC BY 2.0). Apr 13th, 2017 by Tamarine Cornelius
  • The State of Politics: Voters Approved $1.8 Billion for Schools

    Jericho / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Apr 10th, 2017 by Steven Walters
  • The State of Politics: Trump Budget Threatens State Spending

    Donald Trump. Image from campaign website. Mar 27th, 2017 by Steven Walters
  • The State Of Politics: Evers, Holtz, Offer Real Clash On Issues

    Tony Evers and Lowell Holtz. Feb 27th, 2017 by Steven Walters
  • Murphy’s Law: Taking Aim at Voucher Schools

    Photo by Jan-Erik Finnberg. Image trimmed (CC BY 2.0). Feb 9th, 2017 by Bruce Murphy
  • Op Ed: Choice Schools Must Share Data

    Scott Jensen, senior adviser for the American Federation for Children, said choice schools would like to provide more special education services but don’t have enough money. Dec 21st, 2016 by Anneliese Dickman and Emily Van Dunk
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