Published May 26, 2011
Beginning at 11 a.m. today in Madison, the Joint Committee on Finance goes into executive session on a number of items, but two of special interest to Milwaukee public school parents, students, employees and supporters.
Published Feb. 16, 2011
If the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature approves Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget repair bill, which revokes the collective bargaining rights of public employees, the state can surely expect robust legal challenges, according to several labor law experts and attorneys.
Published Feb. 10, 2011
This morning I had the pleasure of coffee and chat Downtown with Diane Ravitch, author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education." She is in Milwaukee for the first time ever to speak tonight at UW-Milwaukee as part of the School of Education's Urban Forum.
Published Nov. 9, 2010
Lately it might seem that teachers are getting guff from every side. But the folks at the Harley-Davidson Museum want teachers to know they've got a friend down in the valley.
Published July 25, 2008
It's not exactly "hold the presses!" news anymore, but the most recent state Supreme Court race set records for spending. And most of it, to no surprise, was spent by special interest groups.
The UWM Campus was in Never Neverland as usual on Thursday, when both staff and students apparently confused their own campus for the State‘s Capitol or were mislead into thinking Scott Walker was visiting to speak that day. Or, at least you'd think so considering they stayed home to ...
Wisconsin teachers and State Democrat lawmakers are teaching our children today despite their absence. In replacement of the normal curriculum and democracy a lesson of how to lie, cheat, steal, and hate has been taught to Wisconsin children watching as their teachers and politic...
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