Education
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Waukesha school leaders outline plan to reduce building space by 10-15%; could lead to school closures
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Cudahy parents frustrated by school district after handgun located in backpack; 12-year-old in custody
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MPS board questions officials on lead plan; no total cost estimate yet
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Dr. Kimo Ah Yun inaugurated as president of Marquette University
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Marquette students hold campus protest in support of teachers union
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2 more MPS schools to close as part of ongoing lead issue
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WIAA member schools vote to pass name, image, and likeness amendment
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New-look MPS board elects new president amid power struggle
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Reopening of Fernwood Montessori pushed back after additional cleaning
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Crowley highlights importance of early childhood services in Milwaukee County
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MPS lead update: Goal is to test all pre-1950 schools by end of summer
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Education Department to resume collecting student loans in default
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Wisconsin DPI declines US Dept. of Education certification demanding DEI cuts, insists state is already compliant with requirements
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MPS board considers suing paint companies over lead crisis
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Parent group calls out city leadership for response to lead crisis in Milwaukee public schools, mayor responds
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Milwaukee Board of School Directors hosts retreat to discuss goals, expectations
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Milwaukee kindergarteners get hands-on safety skills training from local organizations
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Lead, safety, academics and a financial crisis: Cassellius discusses challenges after first month as MPS superintendent
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Student outcry over MPS school using 'inappropriate item' to describe loaded gun found in classroom
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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
- State education agency issues freezes on hiring, travel
- Meet the candidates for state superintendent: Brittany Kinser
- MPS to join lawsuit against social media giants
- Racine debates renaming of Red Apple School, in honor of astronaut Laurel Clark
- MPS delay on hiring officers could cost them state funding, GOP leader says
- MPS board announces decision to re-open application window for superintendent
- Parents angry after some MPS students sent erroneous high school acceptance letters
- MPS community engagement meeting held to address school safety issues
- Students get an early lesson in computer coding on Milwaukee's south side
- Opponents of Menomonee Falls book ban call on state to overrule decision
- Gun found on Indian Trail student in Kenosha, weapon not located during initial search
- Catholic Memorial High School students participate in 11th Annual Crusader Day of Service
- Kenosha schools will ask taxpayers for a $115M referendum on February ballot
- With 26 applicants for MPS superintendent, consultants list ideal qualities based on community feedback
- New state report cards released; scoring change complicates yearly comparisons
- Watertown Unified School District approves controversial guidelines for transgender students
- 36 MATC students celebrate American citizenship at naturalization ceremony
- New MPS board member James Ferguson sworn in
- Pius HS to resume in-person learning on Tuesday with new security and safety procedures
- As state Senate race tests new maps, key suburban contest centers on abortion
- MPS board discusses why 13 schools are being considered for closures or mergers. One part of the city would be affected most
- Wauwatosa East High School students make Halloween costumes for babies in the NICU
- 'It's a basic need': Wisconsin state superintendent proposes free meals in schools for 2025-2027 budget
- MPS releases list of schools considered for closures, mergers
- Speakers pressure MPS board to reject any plan to bring police back into schools
- Decorated Sheboygan County high school volleyball coach suspended
- City leaders react to MPS Athletics paperwork fumble
- St. Augustine Prep breaks down on Aug Prep North
- Racine students take pledge against gun violence
- 'Dropped the ball': 4 Milwaukee alders tee off on MPS athletics commissioner for clerical error that forfeited 2 football seasons
- Informational session in Wauwatosa highlights school referenda on November ballot
- Parents, faculty pack Nicolet Union High School for grand reopening
- Milwaukee Public Schools will lose more than $49M in state aid due to financial reporting error
- Silver Lake-Salem School Board fires staff member charged with sexual assaulting students
- MPS error causes WIAA to forfeit Bay View and Pulaski HS football seasons, issue 2-year playoff bans
- MPS missed updated deadlines for financial reporting. State officials say it's not a problem