Program offers internet service for just $9.95 a month for two years Time Warner Cable has announced the launch of a pilot program designed to offer affordable broadband service to low-income families. The program supports the goals of the FCC’s Connect2Compete national initiative focused on providing low-cost broadband services to families across the US. With [...]

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 [...]

The Honorable Gwen Moore 1239 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative Moore: We thank you for your February 5th letter to State Superintendent Tony Evers. We very much appreciate your interest in the efforts being made to improve the educational opportunities for students in the Milwaukee Public School (MPS) system. We are [...]

My name is Jerry Ann Hamilton, President of the Milwaukee Branch NAACP. First of all, we thank the Senate Committee on Education for holding this public hearing in Milwaukee. Founded in 1909 the NAACP is the nation’s premier civil rights organization. The Milwaukee Branch NAACP has been in existence since 1919, and has actively worked [...]