Published April 25, 2013
Nobody is born a criminal. There is no inevitability to a kid becoming a criminal. There is something else at work here, and that leads us to the big question: Does crime cause poverty or does poverty cause crime?
Published Feb. 27, 2012
Last month, the Milwaukee Board of School Directors meeting began with a moment of silence for four students who had died in the previous weeks. Again. Four kids - school-age kids - dead. This weekend, MPS superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton asked why we are not angry at the violence in Milwaukee?
Published Oct. 17, 2011
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee announced today that Vincent Lyles, current president of M&I Community Development Corp., has been named president and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee. His term starts on Jan. 2.
Published Aug. 2, 2011
The ProPublica website has analyzed federal education data from the 2009-2010 school year as a means of seeing if states offer equal access to educational opportunities. Here are some of the numbers for Milwaukee as compared to the state average.
Published Feb. 16, 2011
Since returning from India a little more than two weeks ago, I;ve been asked a common question, "Was your experience life changing?" The simple answer is yes.
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