Manufacturers Finally Go To School
Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel featured an article in their business section about the manufacturing center being developed at Arrowhead High School out in Waukesha County.
This is something that I’ve advocated for sometime…business leaders getting out of their corner offices and working with educators to provide the education necessary for the next generation […]
This past Sunday weekly Milwaukee Journal Sentinel education columnist Alan Borsuk wrote a great column on the GOPs attempt to require all Wisconsin students to pass a civics test as a requirement for a high school diploma. This new requirement would apply to public, private, charter and voucher schools. It’s a great article and […]
Non-Profit Voucher School Is Out Of Whack On Salary
Ignoring the rest of the story about being on super secret double probation, here is something totally out of whack at a local private voucher school – this school has just over 600 students – yet the lead administrator has a total compensation package of $218,000:
(Dorothy) Travis Moore (founder of Ceria M. Travis […]
At the behest of the federal Department of Justice who are investigating possible discrimination against students with disabilities, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction requested voluntary information from Wisconsin’s voucher schools. This has voucher proponents and GOP legislators…well…seeing red!
…the DPI’s request that was sent to schools last week — prompted by complaints submitted […]
Sex, Lies and Common Core Part II
Last week I posted a blog about an email that is making the rounds that was insanely inaccurate in its description of Common Core educational standards. And earlier this week I posted a link and brief quiz from JSOnline that clarified what Common Core is all about.
Well today, the Wisconsin State […]
MJS Presents a Primer on Common Core!
While researching on JSOnline for another Common Core item for Blogging Blue, I came across Erin Richard’s primer on Common Core titled: Common Core 101: A primer to separate education fact from fiction.
Her opening gambit…a cute preliminary quiz on your knowledge of Common Core: (The sender of the email I received […]
Sex, Lies and Common Core
I am working on another post related to the opposition of Common Core…but decided to put it aside after I got the email embedded below on Monday.
Common Core should be a boon to education in this country. It will set some standards on student achievement that make sense for math and English…the only […]
The University of Wisconsin System is about to roll out its Flexible Option degree program that will allow working adults and other non-traditional college students a chance to earn a college degree online. Although an online program, the fees for the Flexible Option program could still run more than $20,000 according to an article in […]
Get the Facts on Voucher School Expansion
Sorry that this is so late…I meant to post it yesterday but mislaid it:
Get the Best Research on Vouchers
Efforts to shift public dollars from public schools to private voucher schools has momentum in our state and will likely have significant ramifications for professional educators.
Please join UWM’s Urban Studies Programs for the 7th […]
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