Commitment to funding school, student success despite overall revenue decrease MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Darienne Driver is increasing support to schools by $26.6 million … [Read more...]
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Message from MPS Superintendent Dr. Darienne B. Driver
Dear Milwaukee Public Schools families, Recently you may have heard about a program called the Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program (OSPP). This program is the result of legislation passed … [Read more...]
250+ volunteers to read at more than 75 MPS elementary, middle schools
MPS celebrates Read Across America; media invited to Clarke Street School MILWAUKEE (March 1, 2016) - Thousands of students in Milwaukee Public Schools will be visited by reading volunteers … [Read more...]
Mayor Barrett Announces Milwaukee Mentoring Initiative
By Mrinal Gokhale On Jan. 14 at the BMO Harris arena, Mayor Tom Barrett announced a new mentoring initiative with Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Public Schools and other local organizations as a … [Read more...]
Community Brainstorm Addressees Issues in Milwaukee Public Schools
By Dylan Deprey Some individuals called it legislation. Others referred to it as a fight or a war. The battle lines were drawn in the debate in the Opportunity Schools Partnership Program … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Public Schools’ Students Get Free Books; Chance to Create Their Own Home Libraries
My Very Own Library, Scholastic Book Fairs and United Way of Greater Milwaukee & Waukesha County team-up to support literacy effort at 10 MPS schools On December 9, Kluge Elementary School … [Read more...]
Bucks and MPS Team Up to Increase School Attendance
By Ariele Vaccaro This past Monday marked the beginning of a new initiative to increase attendance to Milwaukee Public Schools. During a press conference, the Milwaukee Bucks and Milwaukee … [Read more...]
MPS Celebrates Star of Year-Round Schools Building on Past Achievements and Focused on Future Successes
Milwaukee Public Schools leaders and community partners marked the beginning of the new school year - Day One - for the district’s year-round calendar schools this past Monday with 3-, 4- and … [Read more...]
Statement from Michael Bonds & Darienne Driver On Proposal to Hand Some Schools Over to Milwaukee Co.
MILWAUKEE (May, 2015) - Today, Milwaukee Board of School Directors President Michael Bonds called a plan released by Wisconsin Republicans Dale Kooyenga and Alberta Darling to turn over the Milwaukee … [Read more...]
MPS Superintendent Dr. Driver Meets with President Obama
MPS superintendent joined other urban school leaders with the Council of the Great City Schools By Karen Stokes Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent, Dr. Darienne Driver along with 10 other … [Read more...]