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Illustration by Andrea Brunty, of USA TODAY. Photos were provided to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel by families and Getty Images/Milwaukee Journal SentinelNew reporting from "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" eulogizes the lives of the 23 Milwaukee Public Schools students killed by gun violence between June 2024 and June 2025.
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Nearly 200 young people in Wisconsin are both deaf and blind, and they relied on the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project for help. Now the project has been defunded.
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In an average year, about one in 10 Wisconsin teachers leaves for a different school district or different job. That number shot up last school year — to about one in six teachers leaving their classrooms.
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The faculty union-run FAST Fund draws attention to the financial barriers that derail MATC students’ education.
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UWO plans to furlough employees and cut staff by about 15%, laying off or accepting retirements from about 200 people.
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Students who complete dual enrollment courses tend to do better in college. But Milwaukee is behind some other parts of the state in offering these opportunities.
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UWM sophomore Jaeden Carrasquillo spent his summer stomping around Havenwoods State Forest and Hopkin's Hollow — a deep dive into the field of conservation.
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Gov. Evers signed a bipartisan bill that makes changes to reading instruction in schools. It’s something parents of children with dyslexia have been asking for.
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Many low-income students don’t apply to college because they don’t think they can afford it. Milwaukee Public Schools is trying to show students the college options they can afford by requiring them to fill out the FAFSA.
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A school board in Wisconsin unanimously voted Wednesday to fire a first-grade teacher after she criticized the district on social media.
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In a dramatic move, Evers used his veto pen to give schools a $325 per-pupil spending hike, increasing what’s known as the revenue limit for the next 400 years.
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Rothman says cuts could lead to more closures of small campuses. It could also disrupt the UW’s new free tuition “promise” to students from low-income families.