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Bill Cosby to speak at Marquette commencement

Published April 9, 2013

My good buddy Bill Cosby is going to give the commencement speech to Marquette University graduates in May.

Area students score high on national German exam

Published March 19, 2013

Milwaukee area students are being recognized by the American Association of Teachers of German for its students' outstanding performance on the annual National German Exam.

Former Milwaukee education reporter writes about New Orleans

Published March 4, 2013

She sees lots of similarities between Milwaukee's public education system and New Orleans, which has largely a mix of public and charters schools that serve a predominantly minority school population.

Local teachers and parents share back-to-school tips for a smooth start

Published Sept. 3, 2012

Some schools have already begun, but many more will start tomorrow. With that in mind, OnMilwaukee.com contacted a variety of teachers and parents to hear their suggestions on how to start off the year on the right foot.

The brightest and the best

Published April 23, 2012

Having attended one of the nation's best public high schools, Harvard doctoral student Asad L. Asad - a graduate of Rufus King High - bristles at the fact that local media often portray the Milwaukee Public Schools negatively by highlighting tensions within the district instead of celebrating its students' many accomplishments.

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Discovery World Summer Camps and Teen Workshops Smashing Expectations

The talent and potential of students within the Greater Milwaukee Area is undeniable. Much like the long line of past innovators that includes visionaries such as John Cudahay, Les Paul, and Samuel Curtis Johnson, today's youth has a host of available resources capable of offering opportunities u...

Blaming Barrett for School Failure

A current TV attack ad blames Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett for the abysmally low graduation rate of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS): about half of all ninth-grade students ever graduate from high school. But is this fair?MPS, like every other school d...

How I spent opening day in the kids' area (and survived)

When I was younger, I didn't spend a lot of time at Summerfest. Or rather - I didn't spend a lot of time in the kids' area. By the time I started going to Summerfest, it was mostly to drag a very harassed parent to a stage for a band that I had to see. Unfortunately for me, the kids' area was s...

A Face Full Of Ship

Friday September 3rd, 2010 - Somewhere At Sea No luggage. No sympathy. Life goes on. I’m taking my knocks out here but it’s all a big education. I’m learning a lot every day, but that’s never a bad thing. This is an experience that will surely make me a better ...

May 15th is Spaces & Traces: Brewers Hill & The Beerline Open House

Brewers’ Hill & The Beerline—where old meets the new! The Old: Brewers’ Hill is among the city’s oldest residential neighborhoods. Originally surrounded by both commercial and industrial concerns, the area developed such that business owners and laborers li...

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