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MSCR Holds High School Basketball Tournament

March 13, 2015

March 13, 2015       Madison School & Community Recreation (MSCR) held its annual end-of-season High School Basketball Tournament on March 7, 2015 at East High School.  Twenty-two teams from all four MMSD high schools competed. Basketball is part of the MSCR afterschool program, and is open to students who do not play WIAA […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Afterschool Programs, Basketball, High School Basketball, Madison School and Community Recreation MSCR, MARCH 13 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 9

Governor Walker: Sexual Assault Reporting, What You Should Know

March 6, 2015

By Lindsey Gapen March 6, 2015       Many websites have corrected or retracted stories about Governor Scott Walker this week in response to Walker’s proposal to remove requirements of reporting sexual assault incidents to the state government.    Walker, who may be the 2016 Republican candidate in the presidential election, faced an attack […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cleary Act, Jezebel, MARCH 6 2015, Scott Walker, Sexual Assault Reporting, UW System, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Innovative Preschool Looks to Revamp Education, Lower Minority Reading & Writing Disparities

March 6, 2015

By Elizabeth Stephens March 6, 2015   One City Early Learning Center Founder and CEO, Kaleem Caire.     Scheduled to open by the fall of 2015, the nonprofit preschool One City Early Learning Center hopes to serve as a model for all local early childhood education programs in its efforts to decrease minority reading […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Early Childhood Education, Kaleem Caire, MARCH 6 2015, One City Early Learning Center, Preschool, Reading and Writing Gap, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Governor Scott Walker Appoints Ray Allen as DFI Secretary

March 6, 2015

March 6, 2015   Ray Allen     MADISON, WISCONSIN — On February 27, Governor Scott Walker announced the following administrative appointments:   Ray Allen – Secretary, Department of Financial Institutions (DFI).   Matt Moroney – Senior Advisor, Office of Governor Walker.   “We’d like to offer our sincere thanks and gratitude to Peter Bildsten […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Appointment, Department of Financial Institutions DFI, MARCH 6 2015, Matt Moroney, Peter Bildsten, Ray Allen, Scott Walker, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Madison Jazz Society Celebrates 30th Year

March 6, 2015

By Aubrey Koski March 6, 2015     The Madison Jazz Society (MJS) closes its year-long 30th anniversary celebration with a concert on March 29 presenting the Four Other Brothers from Illinois, at the Coliseum Bar in downtown Madison.   Continuing their organizational efforts to keep jazz alive the MJS anniversary celebration features the musical […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Greater Madison Jazz Consortium, Jazz, Madison Jazz Society MJS, MARCH 6 2015, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Critics Say GOP Education Reform Would Hurt Poor and Black Students

March 6, 2015

By Freddie Allen, Senior NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015   Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said that a strong ESEA is vital to ensuring that states and school districts are living up to their obligation to provide a quality education for all. (Freddie Allen/NNPA/File Photo) […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Center for American Progress CAP, Education Reform, Elementary and Secondary Education Act ESEA, GOP Republican Party, MARCH 6 2015, Nancy Hicks Maynard, No Child Left Behind Act NCLB, VOL. 25 NO. 8, Wade Henderson

Mary Jane McLeod-Bethune: The First Lady of the Struggle

March 6, 2015

By Vanessa Jenkins March 6, 2015   Mary McLeod-Bethune     Mary McLeod Bethune is referred to as "the first lady of the struggle,” due to her unyielding efforts to improve the lives of African-Americans. Her efforts additionally aided women through education and political empowerment.     In pursuit to unify the underrepresented in the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Association of Colored Women ACW, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Educational and Industrial Training School, MARCH 6 2015, Mary Jane McLeod-Bethune, National Council of Negro Women, Urban League, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Racial Disparities in Early Childhood Hurts U.S.

March 6, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015   Ready Freddy visits prekindergarten students at a public school in Buffalo, N.Y. (David Duprey/AP Photo)     WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — Increased investment in early childhood education and care can eradicate many of the racial success gaps that persist throughout society, according to a new […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Center for American Progress CAP, Child Care Development Block Grant CCDBG, Early Childhood Education, Early Head Start EHS, Inequality, MARCH 6 2015, Racial Disparities, Racism, VOL. 25 NO. 8

Blacks Bear Brunt of School Suspensions

March 6, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent March 6, 2015       WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) — According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school year – enough to fill every stadium seat in Super Bowl I through Super Bowl XLV.    And Black children […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights Project CRP, MARCH 6 2015, School Suspensions, VOL. 25 NO. 8

First Lady: US Experiencing Food ‘Culture Change’

March 6, 2015

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press March 6, 2015   First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the annual Building a Healthier Future 2015 summit in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)     WASHINGTON, D.C. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Michelle Obama said Thursday that the U.S. has undergone a “culture change” in the five […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Building a Healthier Future 2015, Childhood Obesity, First Lady, MARCH 6 2015, Michelle Obama, School Nutrition Program SNP, VOL. 25 NO. 8

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