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  • MPS Teachers Oppose State Partnership Plan

    Demond Means speaks to reporters before an OSPP advisory committee meeting. Photo by Jabril Faraj. May 21st, 2016 by Jabril Faraj
  • Op-Ed: Referenda Help Schools Hit by State Cuts

    School Buses. Photo by Jan-Erik Finnberg. Image trimmed (CC BY 2.0). Apr 27th, 2016 by State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout
  • 55 School Referendums Passed State-Wide

    Jericho / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0) Apr 8th, 2016 by Tamarine Cornelius
  • Point-Counterpoint for Three Council Races

    Aldermanic elections will take place on Tuesday, April 5. Photo by Emmy Yates. Mar 31st, 2016 by Edgar Mendez
  • Children Left Behind: Teaching Poor Kids Where They Live

    The adjoined Greentree and Teutonia apartment complexes are two of six low-income properties run by Carmen Porco, an executive in Housing Ministries of American Baptists, across Milwaukee and Madison. The learning center on site provides educational opportunities, social services and even jobs for some residents. Photo by Abigail Becker of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Feb 18th, 2016 by Abigail Becker
  • 9 Districts’ Voters Hiked School Taxes

    Results of School Referenda in Wisconsin Feb 18th, 2016 by Tamarine Cornelius
  • Alliance School Is National Trend-Setter

    Alliance School was recently named a “Top Innovative K-12 School” by an education website. Photo by Ryan McCarthy. Jan 20th, 2016 by Ryan McCarthy
  • Data Wonk: Did Democrats Overreact to ACT Scores?

    Did Democrats Overreact to ACT Scores? Jan 15th, 2016 by Bruce Thompson
  • Op-Ed: How to Save the Middle Class

    Wisconsin now leads the nation in destroying its middle class Dec 22nd, 2015 by Joel Rogers
  • Children Left Behind: Wisconsin Going Backwards on Achievement Gap

    From left, Memorial High School students William Lemkuil, Demitrius Kigeya, Odoi Lassey and Robert Bennett say they face racial stereotypes at school. Photo by Joseph W. Jackson III of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Dec 21st, 2015 by Abigail Becker
  • Children Left Behind: State Has Worst Black-White Learning Gap

    Demitrius Kigeya, a sophomore at Madison Memorial High School, is a high academic achiever, plays on the school soccer team and is actively involved in the school’s Black Student Union. He says some of his classmates do not expect him to do well in school because he is black. Photo by Michelle Stocker of The Capital Times. Dec 19th, 2015 by Abigail Becker
  • Plenty of Horne: Milwaukee School Named After Ben Carson

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