Emily Files
Education Reporter/EditorEmily has been reporting on Milwaukee-area education for WUWM since 2018. She is also an editor in the WUWM newsroom.
She began as a reporter for KRBD in Ketchikan, Alaska. She then worked as a reporter and eventually news director at KHNS Radio in Haines, where she reported on local politics, tribal issues, hunting, fishing and, of course, education.
Emily is originally from the Chicago area. She studied journalism at Emerson College in Boston, where she reported her very first radio stories for college station WERS.
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In the past, transfer students often came to UWM with dozens of credits that didn’t qualify for transfer. Now UWM is promising to accept at least 60 credits from any student who transfers from one of the four surrounding tech colleges, putting them halfway toward getting a bachelor’s degree.
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The MPS Board voted in favor of placing a $252 million referendum on the spring ballot. It’s a tool increasingly used by Wisconsin school districts to make up for what advocates say is inadequate state funding.
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MPS currently has two calendars: an early start calendar for middle and high schools and a traditional start calendar for elementary schools.
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Colleges and universities made cuts, laid off staff, and one shut down entirely. And K-12 schools were disappointed by the funding they received in the latest state budget.
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A task force is looking at how to improve education for deaf and hard of hearing students in MPS.
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The UW Board of Regents reversed its decision on a deal to restructure diversity positions on college campuses in exchange for $800 million in state funding.
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The struggle between a powerful Republican lawmaker and the UW System over diversity, equity and inclusion – or DEI – efforts took some dramatic turns over the weekend.
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Wisconsin teachers have been losing buying power over the past dozen years.
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The UW System's direct admissions program is meant to increase enrollment and help more high schoolers see themselves as college material.
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In the 1980s, Wisconsin was embroiled in a violent controversy over Ojibwe spearfishing rights. As a result, the state passed a law requiring schools to teach about Native American history, culture and tribal sovereignty.