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Results tagged with 'Milwaukee Public Schools'

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Career and Technical Education for the new economy

Published April 28, 2012

It's no surprise that education is a key driver of economic development. That's one reason why Career and Technical Education (or CTE) in the Milwaukee Public Schools is so exciting. The main tenets of CTE are college and career readiness, project-based learning, problem solving and the use of real 21st century technologies in the classroom.

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MPS has a widening opportunity gap

Published April 26, 2012

Much has been written about the achievement gap in Milwaukee Public Schools. Hands are wrung over our students' test scores and heads shake each time a school is declared to be "in need of improvement." Very little is made, however, of the "opportunity gap," as renowned education professor Richard Milner refers to it, that exists for Milwaukee's students.

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MTEA Stiffs the Kids

The Milwaukee Teachers Education Association  (MTEA) has voted  52% to 48% n against offering  to make contributions to teacher pensions that could have saved the jobs of about 200 teachers.   The lay-offs  are the result of a reduction of  $80 million in  ...


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