MMSD Board of Education is Looking for Members of an Ad Hoc Committee on...
The full notice may be found here, with Spanish, Hmoob, and Arabic versions linked.
Here is the English text:
Help Improve the Use of Education Resource...
Republican Bully’s
H/T to Jay Bullock for catching this.
Last week UW-Madison's own professor of history, geography and environmental studies penned this op-ed in the NY...
Elevating our Education Before we Educate to Elevate!
December 6 and 7 in Madison there is an education summit at Monona Terrace:
Educate to Elevate is an education series that brings together local...
Madison Schools Week Ahead
2 meetings, one today (summer school and Behavior Education Plan Revisions), one Wednesday (dissolving the City of Madison Education Committee). Can I just ask...
D-Day for Public Education
Today is the day that we have been discussing for weeks. Today is the day that the legislature starts discussing public school...
Madison Schools Week Ahead
Student Behavioral Plan, 2019/20 Budget projections, Safety Policy Revisions, "considering negotiation strategies for entering into an intergovernmental agreement where bargaining reasons require a closed session" (Police in schools contract?) and more.
View from Outside the Bubble!
When I first started with Forwardlookout, we brought you the stories of how Sunny Schubert writes a local column disguised as public interest, in...
Madison Schools Week Ahead
Based on the weekly legal notice . . . one meeting. Do you really believe that? Given that if any two board members are meeting, they are negative quorum and it should be noticed.
TIF Primer for City Staff, New Alders and YOU!
Board of Estimates started out last night with a TIF presentation . . . and it wasn't by the you-just-love-to-hate-him TIF Coordinator Joe Gromacki,...
Why Teachers Need a Union – Part 2
I posted before some examples why teachers need a union.
From Idaho we get another case study!
A high school science teacher in Idaho is...
Madison Areas Schools Week Ahead
Hiring process for the interim superintendent, meet with the school board before their meeting, 2019-2020 budget, long-range facilities plans and more.
Teacher Appreciation
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If you love to cook/bake you may already know Penzeys, the wonderful Wisc-based spice and herb store. Their newest catalog...