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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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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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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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Elite Wisconsin colleges like UW-Madison and Marquette may have to alter their admissions practices following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.
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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.
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A new program at Alverno College aims to help social workers imagine a world beyond prisons, police and surveillance.