Board also extends other leadership contracts as district continues reform efforts The Milwaukee Board of School Directors has extended the contract of Superintendent Gregory E. Thornton, Ed.D., through June 2015. The contracts of Board Clerk/Director, Office of Board Governance Lynne Sobczak and Chief Accountability and Efficiency Officer Robert Del- Ghingaro were extended for one year. [...]

AT&T’s ‘Socially Innovative’ Approach aims to increase high school graduates, boost workplace readiness As access to skilled workers becomes increasingly vital to the U.S. economy, AT&T is launching a quarter-billion dollar campaign to help more students graduate from high school ready for careers and college, and to ensure the country is better prepared to meet [...]

Students, educators highlight accomplishments of programs to promote high school success At an event at Bradley Tech High School in Milwaukee last week, AT&T presented a $90,000 grant to the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) to support programs to improve student achievement. This was the fourth installment in a $360,000 “High School Success” grant awarded in [...]

YLA developments continue to strengthen school and ensure academic excellence The YMCA Young Leaders Academy Charter School announced today the promotion of Trina Gandy to Principal of the YMCA Young Leaders Academy (YLA) effective immediately. Ms. Gandy’s responsibilities will include managing the day-to-day operations of the school. Ms. Gandy was one of the first YLA [...]

The Alliance School, a small, Milwaukee Public Schools instrumentality charter school serving 175 students in grades 6 through 12, will be featured on ABC’s “20/20” on Friday, September 30, 2011, at 9 p.m. Central Time. Alliance will be presented as a positive contrast to the Oxnard, Calif., middle school environment in which Lawrence King was [...]

MPS Foundation, Herb Kohl Foundation, Briggs & Stratton, Marcus Corporation help 14 students continue education Four organizations have announced the recipients of their scholarships for high school graduates in 2011. Following are the organizations and MPS student recipients: Milwaukee Public Schools Scholarship The Milwaukee Public Schools Scholarship program (MPS Scholarship) was established through generous funding [...]

Milwaukeeans will march Saturday, June 4, in recognition of the more than 80,000 Milwaukee Public School students who will lose math and reading programs, small-class sizes, nurses, arts programming, librarians and classroom teachers this September, when Gov. Scott Walker’s $1.6 billion cut to Wisconsin public schools takes effect. Activists, parents, teachers and students begin the [...]

HAATz Off to Pioneer Teachers of MPS Column: By Vicki Singh Collectively, the Historical African American Teachers (HAAT) has decided to continue to offer scholarships to working moms, art groups of color, future teachers in the sciences and students of theatre & the building trades. Two great scholarships are planned for foreign students, studying on [...]

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has awarded $1 million to help raise student achievement in 15 Milwaukee Public Schools. All 15 were among the 2010- 11 Wisconsin Schools of Recognition — schools honored for solid student achievement while also having high poverty rates. The grant funds will be used in the following schools: [...]

Parent advocates in the Milwaukee Public Schools will meet March 30 to talk about what they can do collectively to help save local educational programs and opportunities for students in the city and its surrounding areas. Parents, students and other community members are all invited to attend and participate in the event, which includes translation [...]