By LaKeshia N. Myers Wisconsin’s K-12 schools continue to face significant financial challenges as state funding fails to keep pace with rising educational costs. In 2024, a record 241school districts across our state turned to local taxpayers through referenda to fund basic operational expenses—a troubling trend that highlights the critical funding gap created by the […]
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Here’s What We Know After One MPS School Closes Because of Lead Poisoning
By Julius Shieh This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. This week, Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies became the first Milwaukee Public Schools building to close because of unsafe lead work and high lead levels. […]
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USDA Cuts Deal Another Blow to Historically Black Colleges
By LaKeshia N. Myers In what can only be described as a devastating blow to African American students pursuing agricultural sciences, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has suspended its 1890 National Scholars Program for the 2024-2025 academic year. This decision not only impacts current scholars but threatens to derail the educational aspirations of countless […]
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The Same Game With a New Frame: Wisconsin’s Education Test Scores and the Legacy of State Intervention
By LaKeshia N. Myers The recent adjustment of test score benchmarks in Wisconsin’s education system represents yet another chapter in the ongoing struggle for educational equity in public schools. As an educator, I cannot help but draw parallels between these current changes and the controversial 2015 Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program (OSPP) – both examples […]
County Executive David Crowley Earns Bachelor’s Degree, Delivers Commencement Address at UW-Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE – On December 15th, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. County Executive Crowley also delivered the UW-Milwaukee commencement address at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. After dropping out nearly 20 years ago, Crowley earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Community Engagement and Education from the UWM […]
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Getting Your Money’s Worth
Parents in Search of Better Educational Options Kweku’s Korner By Stacey Orr Smith Mom. Veteran Educator. Educational Consultant. Parent Educator. President, Blaquesmith Consulting, LLC During a major election cycle, there’s a heightened sense of civic duty or civic responsibility. Conversely, there’s what I like to call civic introspection. When one realizes that voting, volunteering, and […]
President Biden Announces Over 1 Million Public Service Workers Have Received Student Debt Cancellation
By Karen Stokes On Wednesday, President Biden announced an additional $4.5 billion in student debt cancellation for over 60,000 borrowers through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, bringing the number of public service workers who have had their student loans canceled to over 1 million people during the Biden-Harris Administration. “Before President Biden and […]
Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Governor on School Funding
By Jack Kelly Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Tony Evers’ last-minute budget maneuver increasing funding for Wisconsin school districts for the next 400 years. Yes, you read that correctly. The state’s most recent budget included a provision increasing the revenue limit for school districts […]
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Milwaukee Public Schools Prime for Takeover
Say Something Real Financial Turmoil Spells Trouble By Michelle Bryant “The math ain’t mathing” accurately sums up the recent financial turmoil facing Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS). Per Urban Dictionary, the popular phrase means that something doesn’t add up or when you are skeptical about something you are hearing or seeing. Over the last few days, […]
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It’s Time to Rip the Band-Aid Off
By Representative Dora Drake Our children are the future; they will become our next doctors, teachers, leaders, nurses, and electricians. Our children will have their own families, their own dreams, and inherit the struggles we failed to address. In this moment, we as a community must ask ourselves, how are the children? And the sad […]
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