Education

• Milwaukee fifth grader honored for saving family in New Year's Day house fire
• Milwaukee College Prep highlights tutoring program working to narrow literacy gap
• After cutting more than 260 jobs, here's how MPS hopes to close the rest of its budget gap
• By 5-2 vote, MPS Board approves plan to cut 260+ positions as district tries to plug $46M budget gap
• Dept. of Education's 'History Rocks' event stops in Brookfield; critics question ties to right-wing groups
• MPS announces plan to cut more than 260 jobs amid $46 million budget gap
• 'It just feels like indoctrination': Brookfield parents, students question Dept. of Education tour stop
• Read Across America Week: CBS 58's Montse Ricossa joins celebrations at Penfield Children's Center
• Messmer Catholic HS celebrates 100 years providing education to Milwaukee families
• Racine students receive special visit for National Women in Construction Week
• MATC celebrates graduation of 33 new correctional officers
• Families say WIAA ticket process left families of qualifying wrestlers without tickets to state competition
• Kenosha school board passes policy allowing metal detecting wands to search students
• School districts, teachers, parents suing Legislature over state funding
• MATC students take home free groceries thanks to event focused on food insecurity
• CDC awards nearly $400K to Milwaukee Health Department to expand MPS lead screening
• Carmen Northwest will move to former HOPE High School building in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood
• Banting Elementary in Waukesha is 1 of 2 in Wisconsin to receive the 2025 National ESEA Distinguished School award
• Project Adam: MPS celebrates 20 years of participation in lifesaving program
• MATC students, staff participate in Lunar New Year celebrations
• 'Horrible idea': UWM students continue to speak out against plan to merge 8 resources centers into one
• Swipes with Shaka: Marquette men's basketball team covers lunch for students
• Suspect arrested over social media threats targeting Bay View High School walkout
• MPS has $46 million budget deficit, details plan to lessen need for future cuts
• MPS to consider legal action over lead paint cleanup costs in special board meeting
• MPS and other districts share their plans in case ICE were to arrive at their schools
• UW-Milwaukee students protest ongoing ICE operations in Minneapolis
• Area high school students learn from health care professionals at hands-on career expo
• Moments That Matter: Oak Creek Students Share Something Good
• MSOE students show off research at project showcase
• 'It's crucial': MPS students hold blood drive with American Red Cross
• High school students explore careers in education at Teach for America Milwaukee conference
• Milwaukee Public Schools closed Friday due to extreme cold
• Parents frustrated after Mukwonago Area School District proposes cutting elementary school music
• 'Race to Feed': Prep underway for 2nd annual food-packing competition benefiting local kids
• MPS committee approves resolution to tighten guidelines for school resource officers
• Student contest winners honored at MLK Jr. Day celebration in Milwaukee
• Oconomowoc grade schoolers participate in 'Gold Medal Games' with Olympian Bonnie Blair
• Racine students learn financial literacy through interactive simulation of life outside the classroom
• Shorewood High School students hold walkout in protest of recent ICE actions
• Parents, city officials discuss safety measures after crossing guard hit by car outside Pulaski HS
• MATC announces opening of new biotechnology lab and program for students
• Children's Learning Center at UW-Milwaukee to reopen Tuesday after flooding
• Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health's annual report focuses on belonging
• MU basketball players and their mothers shoot hoops, practice reading skills with MPS students
• MPS basketball coach and teacher under investigation for allegedly slapping player during practice
• MPS stresses importance of health practices as flu cases rise in southeast Wisconsin
• 'Complicated and confusing’: Questions looming for student loan borrowers
• MPS, health department announce completion of lead cleanup work
• Holiday Magic Express: Milwaukee firefighters surprise students, teachers with gifts on city's south side
• Packers' Rasheed Walker visits kids at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee
• Franklin Public Schools unveils new Community Education & Recreation Center
• Bucks center Myles Turner builds Lego set with Milwaukee students
• Hybrid vans help unhoused students get to school, more than 1 year after MPS purchased the vehicles
• Despite 1-year lease extension, Carmen leaders and advocates angry with MPS board decision
• UW-Milwaukee professor developing strategy to turn EV batteries into fertilizer
• Former MATC employees file discrimination complaints over dismantling of Multicultural Services Department
• 'Why would you work to shut us down?': Carmen charter leaders believe MPS board will end their lease for NW side school
• UNCF's 'Empower Me Tour' gives MPS students a look into college
• Student fathers given new car seats at MATC Drive event
• 'It's that serious': Family turns pain into purpose after losing daughter to peanut allergy; holds lifesaving training course
• MATC event offers resources to students, residents impacted by government shutdown
• State superintendent testifies in committee hearing regarding sexual misconduct, grooming in Wisconsin schools
• 'It'll set the community back': Lowell Elementary parents share concerns as Waukesha School Board debates closures
• Sheboygan County Head Start program struggling to keep doors open during government shutdown
• 'Stocked to the brim': Amid SNAP concerns, food pantries pop up at Wauwatosa elementary schools
• Racine Unified School District purchases all-terrain wheelchairs for field trips, outdoor learning
• High school students explore careers in energy during We Energies Demo Day
• Milwaukee Academy of Science unveils new gym floor, completed with donation from Pat Connaughton Foundation
• As Legislature passes school cell phone ban, one district already expanded its ban
• MPS, MTEA join forces to bring retired teachers back
• Racine students take pledge against gun violence
• MPS athletics commissioner Bobbie Kelsey no longer employed by district
• Hartland students greeted with 'playoff pancakes' to celebrate Brewers playoff run
• South Milwaukee HS students learn about careers in manufacturing while touring Steele Solutions
• Milwaukee students learn safety tips as part of Fire Prevention Week
• 'I'm blown away': Bay View teacher wins $100K grant for industrial technology program
• Referee collapses in the middle of UW-Parkside soccer game, staff helps save his life
• Milwaukee Health Department to host walk-in childhood immunization clinics in October
• Cassellius: 'Much more than 5' MPS schools to close or merge in coming years
• Jazz icon and MSO conductor visits with students at Milwaukee High School of the Arts
• 'Send Silence Packing': MU hosts exhibit striving to end silence surrounding mental health
• CBS 58's One Good Thing: Mike Curkov and Lance Allan talk with students at Grafton High School
• Two 12-year-old students arrested, accused of making threats against Racine Christian School
• Milwaukee Rec hosts annual Ultimate Sports Day for MPS students
• MPS spent $1.25 million on 20 new vans. More than a year later, they still haven't been used
• Waukesha school delays 4K start date by 1 week due to flooding in classrooms
• As students return, MPS makes last-minute reassignments to fill teacher vacancies
• Riverside University High School closed Tuesday due to chemical spill
• MPS confirms flooding affected lead cleanup work; district racing to clear all schools before students return
• Journeys Lutheran raises $100K of $1 million flooding damage bill, school start date delayed
• Archbishop prays for Minneapolis shooting victims during groundbreaking for 2 new Catholic schools in Milwaukee
• MATC 'restructures' multicultural office, eliminates 4 positions
• 'Unsung heroes': Franklin churches host luncheons in honor of local public school teachers
• 2 Cudahy schools to close next year, parents share concerns at board meeting
• MPS superintendent hopeful district will qualify for FEMA aid; responds to release of withheld state aid
• Move-in day: MU welcomes class of 2029 as start of new school year approaches
• Marquette University rowing team faces up to $30,000 in flood damage
• Hales Corners school faces $1M in repairs and opening delay following flood damage
• 'This is how they express themselves': MATC cosmetology students show off designs on the runway