Published Thursday, May 17
Dylan Hoffman, a second grader who lives in Caledonia, won the annual Doodle 4 Google competition. His pirate-themed drawing won him a $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 technology grant for his school, a Chromebook laptop and a trip to New York City.
Published Sunday, May 13
For weeks, commercials and other advertisements have been telling moms what items are essential for the perfect Mother's Day. According to the media, moms want new clothes, new appliances, chocolate, flowers and /or lots of pampering. But is this really what moms want for Mother's Day?
Published Thursday, May 10
Danceworks' Mad Hot Ballroom program has challenged perceptions of what fifth and sixth graders in Milwaukee schools would love doing. But the success it has had at more than three dozen schools is a testament to the program and to the kids and their teaching artists.
Published Tuesday, May 1
Tomorrow is the day when the best young musicians from around Milwaukee get together for a big biennial extravaganza. That event is the 44th Biennial Music Festival at the U.S. Cellular Arena at 6:30 p.m. and more than 2,500 student musicians from MPS schools - from elementary through high school - and, for the first time ever, non-MPS schools, will perform.
Published Saturday, April 28
It's no surprise that education is a key driver of economic development. That's one reason why Career and Technical Education (or CTE) in the Milwaukee Public Schools is so exciting. The main tenets of CTE are college and career readiness, project-based learning, problem solving and the use of real 21st century technologies in the classroom.
Published Friday, April 27
Nurses are critical to the successful operation of a school. As a community, we need to stand up and demand that the state properly fund education so that students receive the care and preventative education that they need to be successful both academically and in life.
Published Thursday, April 26
Much has been written about the achievement gap in Milwaukee Public Schools. Hands are wrung over our students' test scores and heads shake each time a school is declared to be "in need of improvement." Very little is made, however, of the "opportunity gap," as renowned education professor Richard Milner refers to it, that exists for Milwaukee's students.
Published Thursday, April 26
Last week, Albert Kagel School in Walker's Point celebrated Cultural Diversity Day and though I couldn't make it down to check it out, I asked principal Nancy Martinez to send an update. She tells me that the after-school event was a big success.
Published Wednesday, April 25
If you ask me why I choose to be a volunteer tutor with the children of MPS it would be an impossibility to narrow the limitless number of responses that could be given. The children of this city, simply put, are the greatest product we have to offer to the future.
Published Wednesday, April 25
The things you learn on Facebook. Judge Derek Mosley's morning status update confirmed that it's legal in Wisconsin for first cousins to get married. With restrictions, of course. But still.
Published Tuesday, April 24
Prince Fielder may be long gone, but when the big first baseman won the 2011 All-Star Game MVP as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers, he designated the Milwaukee County Parks as a recipient of a donation in his honor. The result is the newly named James W. Beckum Park, which will host a ribbon cutting on Thursday, April 26.
Published Tuesday, April 24
The National Library Legislative Days are April 23-24 at our nation's capital. While members of the National Library Association are reminding our legislators why libraries are so important, it gives us an opportunity to reflect on why books and libraries are crucial in our children's public schools.
Published Monday, April 23
Having attended one of the nation's best public high schools, Harvard doctoral student Asad L. Asad - a graduate of Rufus King High - bristles at the fact that local media often portray the Milwaukee Public Schools negatively by highlighting tensions within the district instead of celebrating its students' many accomplishments.
Published Saturday, April 21
When picking my sons' names it was a huge and exciting undertaking for me. I thought about it constantly. I made lists. I read books. I scoured movie credits, indexes and researched my family history for unique names. I even made up a few.
Published Saturday, April 21
Some parents prefer to stick with a classic and / or common name whereas others have no problem picking a unique moniker. Milwaukee parents - along with a national name expert - weigh in on the do's and don'ts of naming a baby.
Published Tuesday, April 17
MPS and the Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association are working together to create MPS Children's Week, which kicks off Sunday, April 22 and runs through Friday, April 27, with a series of events aimed at giving Milwaukee students a leg up.
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