Education

• After 2-year delay, school districts will finally get money meant for reading instruction
• County Exec. Crowley speaks to high schoolers enrolled in MU pre-college course
• MPS' Westside Academy cleared to reopen after lead cleanup
• Greendale High School marching band to perform in 2026 Rose Bowl Parade
• Milwaukee Public Schools board passes $1.5 billion budget
• Hundreds of School of Rock students tune up before performing at Summerfest
• MPS lists 14 schools up next for lead response; DHS fines district for series of violations
• 'Poor communication,' 'Inconsistent': MPS academic audit illustrates a scattershot district with weak leadership
• Health department clears LaFollette School to reopen after addressing lead risks
• 'Hello Summer' program connects Milwaukee students with jobs, activities while school is out
• MPS teachers resist plan to move specialists back into classroom jobs
• Wauwatosa School District will require students to keep cellphones off their person all day
• Board defends Wauwatosa superintendent amid group's call for his removal
• MPS budget preview: Referendum dollars buy time, but tough decisions to come after this year
• MPS misses final financial reporting deadline, DPI confirms it will withhold more money
• Groundbreaking marks start of expansion project at Notre Dame of Milwaukee-St. Florian Campus
• Racine & Me: Sonnenberg Schools Expands in Racine with New Campus and Community Partnership
• State confirms it will withhold more aid if MPS misses deadline next week
• Milwaukee health officials push back on latest RFK comments about MPS lead crisis
• MPS students show off skills at STEAM fair
• Starms Early Childhood Center cleared to reopen; students to remain relocated for rest of school year
• Arrowhead Union High School seniors create pin pad protector to stop credit card skimming in Wisconsin
• Report confirms racist behavior toward Rufus King student-athletes at track meet hosted by Waterford Union HS
• 'A parade of bad news': MPS risks having aid withheld after missing latest reporting deadline
• MATC, DOC recognize 9 graduates of Second Chance program
• Instructor at Milwaukee Spanish Immersion School surprised with state's Teacher of the Year award
• Dozens attend Shorewood School Board meeting, protest possible staff cuts
• MPS superintendent to cut 31 administrative jobs, union pushes back on plan to move 40 teachers out of central office
• Hometown students gather for hands-on, eco-friendly learning
• Following gun incident, Cudahy parents say district not doing enough to stop bullying
• Parents at Wauwatosa School Board meeting call for removal of McKinley Elementary School principal
• 'We want them to be held accountable': Local nurses, advocates protest for-profit nursing college in Milwaukee
• Ground broken on new playfield at Milwaukee's Nativity Jesuit Academy
• Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski reads to kids at Next Door Foundation
• Milwaukee Montessori School reaches settlement over allegations of discrimination against children with disabilities
• MPS staffing shakeup: New superintendent to downsize central office, move 40 teachers back into classrooms
• Half of Milwaukee's kids aren't being screened for lead. Fewer than 20 came to a free testing clinic
• Waukesha school leaders outline plan to reduce building space by 10-15%; could lead to school closures
• Cudahy parents frustrated by school district after handgun located in backpack; 12-year-old in custody
• MPS board questions officials on lead plan; no total cost estimate yet
• Dr. Kimo Ah Yun inaugurated as president of Marquette University
• Marquette students hold campus protest in support of teachers union
• 2 more MPS schools to close as part of ongoing lead issue
• WIAA member schools vote to pass name, image, and likeness amendment
• New-look MPS board elects new president amid power struggle
• Reopening of Fernwood Montessori pushed back after additional cleaning
• Crowley highlights importance of early childhood services in Milwaukee County
• MPS lead update: Goal is to test all pre-1950 schools by end of summer
• Wisconsin DPI declines US Dept. of Education certification demanding DEI cuts, insists state is already compliant with requirements
• MPS board considers suing paint companies over lead crisis
• Parent group calls out city leadership for response to lead crisis in Milwaukee public schools, mayor responds
• Milwaukee Board of School Directors hosts retreat to discuss goals, expectations
• Milwaukee kindergarteners get hands-on safety skills training from local organizations
• Lead, safety, academics and a financial crisis: Cassellius discusses challenges after first month as MPS superintendent
• Student outcry over MPS school using 'inappropriate item' to describe loaded gun found in classroom
• UW-Madison: Visas of several international students, alumni terminated by US government
• Federal threats to education funding could impact Wisconsin, Milwaukee
• 'We're getting very close': Moms in booster club fundraising to save Hartland school's band program
• Making motors: Science fair at Racine elementary school comes with a big prize
• Medical College of Wisconsin students learn their placements on National Residency Match Day
• Celebratory send-off held as Washington Park HS boys basketball team heads to state
• Judge: City avoids fines with police officers now working in 11 MPS schools
• Local high school students participate in engineering contest at Discovery World
• Students return to Trowbridge Elementary after its weeklong closure due to lead concerns
• Waukesha County students take part in interactive health care career expo
• Lead screening clinics to be held for MPS students at schools of concern
• State lawmakers debate bill that would require MPS to cover 75% of SRO costs
• Read Across America Week: CBS 58's Montse Ricossa reads with kids at Penfield Children's Center
• 'I don't feel safe at that school:' Former school security coordinator charged with recording students in locker room
• MSOE announces new campaign to add AI into educational programs
• Trowbridge students start at new school after testing positive for dangerous levels of lead
• Oconomowoc 4th graders raise money to support victims of California wildfires
• Milwaukee taking steps to get SROs in schools following $1K-per-day fine
• MPD schedules state-mandated SRO training after judge threatens $1K-per-day fines
• No SROs in MPS schools by Thursday's court-ordered deadline: City of Milwaukee to ask for delay
• State and local officials hold school safety meeting
• MPS filing details district's SRO progress ahead of deadline, no details from MPD or city yet
• Missionary teaches Milwaukee students about time spent volunteering in Uganda
• MPD officers have not undergone required SRO training ahead of Thursday deadline
• MPS board approves funding plan to bring officers into schools
• Kenosha Unified School District budget referendum rejected
• Judge: MPS, city must get SROs in schools within 10 days and split the cost evenly
• In first news conference, new MPS superintendent pledges more outreach, transparency
• Voters to decide the fate of the Kenosha Unified School District
• 'Afraid even to tell the truth': Lawyer for MPS whistleblowers, lawmakers react to scathing MPS audit
• Milwaukee Health Dept needs help testing MPS schools for lead after hazardous levels found at Kagel Elementary
• MPS board votes to name Brenda Cassellius district's next superintendent
• Golda Meir at risk of closing down if MPS fails to address lead hazards
• 'It's sounding an alarm:' Milwaukee petition demands transparency from MPS, MHD after students test positive for lead
• Gov. Evers visits Head Start child care provider in Racine
• What does Milwaukee want in the next MPS superintendent? We asked.
• MPS superintendent finalists make pitch in open forum
• MPS comptroller out after 2 weeks on the job
• Educators brace for uncertain future as Trump administration readies plans to dismantle Department of Education
• MPS teacher says she was suspended without pay after sharing information for immigrant families
• Milwaukee program secures $7.4M grant to double support for low-income college students
• Hamilton School District implementing new bus routes following tragic accident
• SCOWIS to hear Evers-GOP lawsuit over new reading law; $50 million for schools still held up
• Milwaukee judge orders MPS Board of Directors to comply with state law, install 25 school resource officers by Feb. 17
• Meet the candidates for state superintendent: Jeff Wright