WUWM Education

If you want to learn how to make a new dish, you’ll find that many of Milwaukee Recreation’s cooking classes are Korean.

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.

The Catholic university in Fox Point is closing after 86 years due to low enrollment and a budget deficit.

Stritch has just over 1,000 students currently attending the university. Those who aren’t set to graduate this month are scrambling to figure out how to continue their education.

Stritch’s enrollment has plummeted from about 6,000 students in 2010 to just over 1,000 this year. The Franciscan institution has operated at a deficit almost every year in the last decade, according to tax statements.

At the private University School of Milwaukee, one class recently learned about the treatment of Japanese Americans during WWII. Now, the students are advocating for more lessons like this.

It's part of Marquette's growing prison education program, which for the first time is including jail guards in its class roster.

Cardinal Stritch University north of Milwaukee has experienced a steep drop in enrollment, leading to its closure.

MPS plans to hire 140 teachers from other countries, including Nigeria, Mexico and the Philippines. They’ll join about 60 international teachers who were hired in 2022.

Students, employees and alumni of Cardinal Stritch University are in shock after finding out the 86-year-old school is closing this year.