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28 Jan 2015, 8:03 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
The Milwaukee Public Schools system is “at a tipping point” where improvements in how the system is run and a strong base of community support need to lead to better overall academic achievement for students, the new superintendent of MPS, Darienne Driver, said Wednesday. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 11:20 am by Alan J. Borsuk
At a recent session of “On the Issues with Mike Gousha,” the Law School’s continuing series of public policy discussions, Professor Matt Parlow, the Law School’s associate dean of academic affairs, and Rob Henken, president of the Public Policy Forum, offered thoughts on the issues that lie ahead and a demonstration of how the simulation works. [read post]
6 Jul 2008, 12:49 am
I found a very interesting study on the pay of school teachers, and I think it’s relevant because I’ve been discussing the high pay of the Milwaukee Public School teachers, but the low performance of the district. [read post]
26 May 2015, 12:13 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
Lubar Fund for Public Policy Research. [read post]
16 Jun 2014, 9:16 am by Derek Black
The Elmbrook School district in suburban Milwaukee conducted high school graduation ceremonies in the auditorium of a church. [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 1:37 pm
Without the voucher program, the public schools and public teachers have no incentive to improve. [read post]
Although Milwaukee's voucher schools receive a tremendous amount of public money, the state asserts that they are private schools. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 11:16 am
Milwaukee Public Schools -- a large and long-running IDEA class action -- that vacated the certification of the plaintiff class and wiped out a settlement agreement that the plaintiffs had entered into with the State of Wisconsin.   [read post]
16 May 2007, 10:10 am
Wisconsin's highest court agrees that pornographic images on public school teacher's computer are public records and orders their release to a newspaper: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports today that "Court clears release of teacher's porn images. [read post]
18 May 2016, 9:36 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
Kooyenga is a member of the state Assembly, a leader among Republicans pushing for education policies that embrace school choice, and a key figure behind a controversial new law that gives Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele powers to control what happens in some low-success Milwaukee public schools. [read post]
12 Feb 2017, 6:26 am
“Because they are defined as ‘private,’ voucher schools operate by separate rules, with minimal public oversight or transparency. [read post]
17 Nov 2020, 12:51 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
This was published as an opinion column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on November 15, 2020. [read post]
21 Aug 2017, 8:22 am by Steve Lash
Milwaukee calls controversial landlord a public nuisance in lawsuit. [read post]
25 Apr 2017, 9:05 am by Charles Franklin
Recently, for example, Borsuk moderated a discussion between an advocate of private school vouchers and an advocate for increased public school funding. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:08 pm by legalinformatics
CALICON 2011: The Conference on Law School Computing, will be held June 23-25, 2011, at Marquette University Law School, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. [read post]
4 Mar 2014, 4:59 pm by Tracy Coenen
In what may be a flipping of the bird to Milwaukee taxpayers… Gregory Thornton, outgoing superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools gave out $7.1 million in bonuses. $3.5 million of the loot was given to support and administrative staff in January, and $3.6 million is being given to teachers and psychologists in March. [read post]
23 Feb 2013, 2:51 pm by David R. Papke
Ray Papke, my late father, was a maintenance man for Milwaukee Public Schools and proud of it. [read post]