Browsing: K-12 Education

Eight months into Greg Thornton’s attempt to bring the systemic change needed to reverse years of decline in the Milwaukee…

Kaleem Caire is tired of waiting. He has watched in frustration as yet another generation of young black men fail…

Stephanie Findley learned the hard way that while the public favors school reform, the political system is rigged to kill…

A researcher finds mixed but encouraging results By Patrick Wolf On a rainy May morning in 2008, my research team…

It is just minutes before the bell rings to end Tom Schalmo’s eighth-grade reading class at Milwaukee’s Burbank Elementary School,…

It was an off-the-record conversation early last summer with a major figure in education politics in Wisconsin. I suggested that…

The foibles of progressive schooling prompt a search for a better alternative By Warren Kozak Here’s how my formal education…

They look to MPS’s Robert Peterson and his social justice political agenda. By Sol Stern Sol Stern is author of…

Virtual schools, viewed skeptically by the educational establishment, have a champion in this veteran teacher. By Sunny Schubert Kathy Hennings…

Casually convening in their boardroom late on the afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, the Milwaukee Area Technical College board…

MPS’ Parental Enticement Program Spent Freely, Widely But, oh, the questionable expenditures. Now some are banned. An Investigative Report By…

The limits of parent-driven reform

Outcomes by gender, race, and income level

Why it’s bad for schools, and why it won’t go away

A tale of two Wisconsins

“Co-Governors” Vie for Republicans’ Hearts Jeff Mayers – Spring 2005 Read More… Spring 2005 Read More… A Better Way to…

The benefits from phonics and direct instruction

The case for competitive bidding

A flawed idea for schools and for taxpayers

In the twenty-first century it is an alarming trend that a large percent of Wisconsin students have an almost remedial-level knowledge of American economic and financial institutions