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MPS educator Dannette Justus is the founder of youth literacy program, JustUs and Books. This month, she's joining us to recommend books for fighting "summer slide."
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Milwaukee County students fall below the ideal threshold for MMR vaccinations. Here's what that means for our community.
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Head Start provides early childhood care for students living at or below the poverty line. Such services make it possible for their parents to work.
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Two phases of restructuring are angering teachers' union members and concerning parents. While many agree MPS needs radical change, there's not agreement on how to get there.
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A review of nearly 900 exit surveys from MPS employees who left their jobs found common threads. But the school district doesn't analyze or learn from exit reviews.
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UW-Milwaukee’s Atmospheric Science program, which is part of the School of Freshwater Sciences, will close at the end of this school year due to low enrollment and faculty retirements, according to the university.
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The film documents five high school students from around the United States who are aiming for a spot at the 2024 National Speech and Debate championships.
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Milwaukee Public Schools leaders announced their lead remediation plan for the 106 schools in the district built before 1978. It comes as the CDC has denied the city's request for help.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that the Democratic governor legally used the state’s uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years.
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The 59-year-old campus will close this June due to under enrollment and financial constraints. This year, there were 589 students enrolled at UW-Waukesha.
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Although Milwaukee's request for extra staff from the CDC was initially approved, layoffs this month completely shuttered the federal agency's lead prevention unit.
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A report released by the Wisconsin Policy Forum takes lessons from other major city school systems to help support changes in Milwaukee.