MADISON —  Wisconsin Literacy hosted its 10th Annual Celebration of Literacy on Tuesday, April 1, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center. The presenting sponsor was Dollar General Literacy Foundation.     This year’s keynote was Wisconsin author David Rhodes who wrote The Last Fair Deal Going Down, The Easter House, Rock Island Line and Driftless. […]

Cutting-edge collaboration to help district attract and develop the best educators MADISON —The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) and University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Education announced today that they will strengthen their partnership to ensure that every school has the very best educators to bolster student achievement for all. MMSD’s Board of Education will vote […]

Dane County Board Equity Initiatives gain momentum Press conference highlights next steps by A. David Dahmer “I'm here today to tell you that when it comes to racial disparities problems and the status quo, it is not acceptable,” said Dane County Supervisor Shelia Stubbs. “I'll be honest with you. It's time to have an action […]

  “Building Relationships, Strengthening Communities, Seeking Justice” by A. David Dahmer “This is not a conference to point figures and to blame people, but we have to acknowledge certain things before we can move on,” says the YWCA Madison’’s Colleen Butler. “People want to move on to action steps so fast, but there is something […]

March 31 press conference will discuss lack of local African-American employees by A. David Dahmer Dr. Richard Harris, a longtime leader in Madison’s African-American community, will be hosting a press conference on March 31, 10 a.m., at the Genesis Conference Center to go into detail explaining his multiple race discrimination complaints that have drawn some […]

By Edgewood College  MADISON —  The Board of Trustees of Edgewood College announced that Dr. Scott Flanagan will serve as the 7th president of Edgewood College.  Flanagan, who most recently served as Executive Vice President, has been with Edgewood College for the past 16 years. He will replace Dr. Dan Carey who will retire in […]

MADISON — The 100 Black Men of Madison will present its 20th annual African American History Challenge Bowl (AAHCB), Saturday, April 5, 8 a.m. in the main auditorium of the Doyle Administration Building, 545 W. Dayton Street.This event is an educational African-American history competition between teams of Madison middle school students in a quiz show […]

Fraire brings nearly 25 years of professional arts administration, lifetime of arts appreciation to the role MADISON —Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced March 24 that he has selected Mark Fraire to serve as the Director of the Dane County Cultural Affairs Program. Fraire brings nearly 25 years of professional arts administration and a lifetime […]