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• MPS Condom Giveaway

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 144
  Woo hoo! Free stuff!!! The Milwaukee School Board voted last night to give away condoms in Milwaukee public high schools. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : Without discussion, the Milwaukee School Board voted 7-0 Thursday night to make condoms available at many of the citys high schools, paving the way to ...
  1 week ago

• From the Bob Donovan Files

  
  folkbum's rambles and rants — Authority: 472
  by folkbumIn an op-ed complaining that the process of allowing a mayoral takeover of MPS is moving too slowly, Donovan writes,Let’s face it, poor leadership in Milwaukee has left us behind so many other cities (Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, Des Moines, and Denver, to name just a few) when it comes to economic ...
  1 week ago

• Vouchers? No!

  
  Forward our Motto — Authority: 124
  In case you were wondering: The District of Columbias voucher program is not doing so well: DC Officials: Vouchers Underwrite Discrimination: "...research has not shown significant improvement among voucher students or sufficient achievement gains over their peers that would justify the program," Wells and Raymond ...
  1 week ago

• Comment on Tom Barretts Mayoral Takeover of MPS Plan

  
  Forward our Motto — Authority: 124
  I dont like the Mayoral takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) plan that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is pushing. The main problem with the plan? Its a plan for a Mayoral takeover that claims educational improvement as a side-effect, when the plan should be a plan to improve education with a Mayoral-take over as ...
  1 week ago

• Political clout and the lack thereof

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 428
  It’s a basic tenet of American political systems that there are checks and balances, with each branch of a government unit  operating with powers that are not controlled by other branches. Consider what is about to unfold in the Wisconsin Legislature a particularly vivid lesson in that. Gov. Jim Doyle has called ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are there no prisons? The value of little black girls or a modern Christmas carol

  
  What Tami Said — Authority: 529
  Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons? -- Ebeneezer Scrooge, Charles Dickens "A Christmas Carol" WISN-TV in Milwaukee reports: A Milwaukee teacher is charged with disorderly conduct after punishing a first-grader by cutting her hair. Lamya Cammon is angry, confused, and scared by the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Condoms & Kids

  
  folkbum's rambles and rants — Authority: 472
  by folkbumThe news is out:After an hour and a half of spirited public testimony late Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, a Milwaukee Board of School Directors committee voted in favor of a proposal that would allow for the limited distribution of male condoms in many of the citys public high schools.The ...
  2 weeks ago

• Snow day randomness

  
  Blogging Blue — Authority: 485
  Just a few random thoughts on this snowy/rainy/downright ugly day: The weather out there is nasty , so if you’re out and about, be careful. As the day gets colder, things are going to freeze up and get even nastier, so try to stay home and enjoy a good book (or a good blog ) if you can. By a 5-0 vote, the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Im going to hear about this one, I bet

  
  folkbum's rambles and rants — Authority: 472
  by folkbumGood thing I dont listen to talk radio.
  3 weeks ago

• MPS Politics: Visits to Two Different Decks

  
  Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog — Authority: 428
  Two sessions bearing on the future of Milwaukee Public Schools took place simultaneously Tuesday night, and each drew about 75 people who care about education in the city. Beyond that, it’s hard to think of much the two events had in common. At one, pretty much everybody thought that the way MPS is run is a big ...
  3 weeks ago

• Parent Involvement series in MJS--first reactions

  
  folkbum's rambles and rants — Authority: 472
  by folkbumMany moons ago, I mentioned here that Erin Richards of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was working on a series about parent involvement in schools. It is running this week, finally, and it is good. (It seems I have a cameo in todays story.)Yesterdays story, the first, has some sobering statistics about MPS ...
  4 weeks ago

• Vincent High School: Violence, Injuries, Arrests

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 144
  Vincent High School has erupted in violence again. On October 12, 2009 , the school was the scene of a series of fights, utter pandemonium. The following day, there was more trouble at Vincent . A student was tased by police. Clearly, it was a rough October. The violence has spilled into November. From the ...
  5 weeks ago

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