By LaKeshia N. Myers As a teacher, I have always striven to tell my students the truth. That truth often includes humanizing historical figures in order to show students that everyday people … [Read more...]
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Broadband Expansion Here in Wisconsin
By LaKeshia N. Myers Wisconsin’s students – from my hometown in Milwaukee to rural Northern Wisconsin – rely on fast, quality broadband internet to succeed. The internet is a portal that allows … [Read more...]
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Time’s Up: As the Legislative Session Ends Abruptly, There’s More Work to Be Done
By LaKeshia N. Myers Did you know the 2023-24 legislative session was over? In a mere fifteen months, the legislature has introduced, heard, and passed all of the bills for this biennium. How … [Read more...]
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Kidneys: Small But Mighty
By LaKeshia N. Myers Did you know March is National Kidney Month? Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a serious condition that affect more than thirty million adults in the United States. According … [Read more...]
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Instead of Doing Right, They’d Rather See Us Gone
By LaKeshia N. Myers Mississippi has three public historically Black colleges—Alcorn State University (1871), Jackson State University (1877), and Mississippi Valley State University (1950). … [Read more...]
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Biden-Harris Administration Invests in Wisconsin’s Future Generation While Trump Threatens to Destroy It
By LaKeshia N. Myers Last week, First Lady Jill Biden visited Wisconsin to celebrate an exciting new investment in Wisconsin’s workforce – and future. In January, the Biden-Harris administration … [Read more...]
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Literacy: The Next Civil Rights Frontier
By LaKeshia N. Myers Wisconsin, we have a problem. A reading problem; according to Wisconsin Literacy, one in seven Wisconsin adults struggle with low literacy. Meaning they struggle to … [Read more...]
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Sisters in the Struggle: Paying Homage to Black Women Politicians
By LaKeshia N. Myers Happy Black History Month Wisconsin! Did you know there were only 383 Black women serving in state legislatures in the United States? That’s right, only 383 (according to … [Read more...]
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If You Build It, They Will Teach: Eliminating Barriers to Teacher Education in Wisconsin
We all knew it was coming, but we didn’t prepare. We allowed the epidemic to get to crisis levels. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the problem. Act 10 didn’t help. Wisconsin, like every state in the … [Read more...]
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No, Wisconsin Doesn’t Need a For-Profit Nursing School
Anyone who knows me, knows I have a penchant for learning. It has led me to earn three degrees: a bachelors, masters, and doctorate (I will graduate with a second masters degree in May, but who is … [Read more...]
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