I always thought that Republicans had a fetish about local control, claiming that local leaders, being closest to their constituents, were the best ones to make decisions for their communities. But I guess they’ve become state-control fetishists. Yesterday, toward the end of the Assembly’s debate on AB 85, the Milwaukee County “reform” bill, state Rep. Christine Sinicki and Assembly Mi...
Among the most heated exchanges in the eight hours of public testimony on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget last Thursday was over the item removing residency requirements for public employees statewide
In his biennial state budget, Gov. Scott Walker is proposing to set up
an unelected, unaccountable charter school board that could establish local
charter school boards around the state; these schools would be funded with
On April 2, in one of only two statewide races on the ballot, Wisconsin
voters will have a rare chance to weigh in on the state’s support for public
and private schools
It was no surprise
that Gov. Scott Walker yet again expanded the state’s voucher school program,
under the guise of providing more choice for families. Walker proposes to
implement vouchers in nine additional districts, as well
The good news is that after giving everyone a big scare this past year, state Rep. Tamara Grigsby is in good health and “feeling wonderful.”
The bad news is that Grigsby
Scattered across Milwaukee are school buildings that shine like gems,
once you look past the chalk dust and grime for ornamental friezes, murals and
solid architectural bones in shapes from Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne
America's Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) may have closed its doors, but the Milwaukee institution recently opened a window to the world by relaunching as a virtual museum...