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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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A new program at Alverno College aims to help social workers imagine a world beyond prisons, police and surveillance.
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Legislative action on education funding over the last week has brought good news for schools that serve as alternatives to traditional public schools.
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Cardinal Stritch University in Fox Point is closing this year, after years of declining enrollment and funding. It’s a loss for undocumented Milwaukeeans, many of whom attended Stritch and saw it as a welcoming place.
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The school funding bill is part of a shared revenue deal reached by Gov. Evers and Republicans that would allow municipalities to raise more revenue.
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Many taxpayer-funded ‘choice’ schools in Wisconsin have anti-LGBTQ+ policies, often justified by Christian beliefs. And there’s little the state can do about it.
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Wisconsin lets public schools reject applications of students with disabilities who seek transfers across district lines — a form of exclusion courts have upheld.
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A weekend school in Milwaukee teaches kids the Japanese language, music and art. Hear what this unique education entails and the meaning for families in the community.
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If you want to learn how to make a new dish, you’ll find that many of Milwaukee Recreation’s cooking classes are Korean.
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With a teacher shortage, the district expects it won’t be able to fill many positions. It’s using the savings from those projected vacancies to help pay for an 8% cost of living salary increase and other expenses.
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The Catholic university in Fox Point is closing after 86 years due to low enrollment and a budget deficit.