Jun 11, 2021
MADISON (WKOW) Madison Metropolitan School District announced Thursday that they anticipate a fully in-person school year for 2021-22.
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According to a news release from district spokesperson Tim LeMonds, the decision comes from continued positive trends in Dane County s COVID-19 data, with vaccine rollout continuing successfully.
“The full reopening of schools is a day the entire community has been waiting for,” MMSD Superintendent Carlton D. Jenkins said in the release . “It has always been our preference to have all students learning in-person, connecting face to face with teachers and classmates, and benefiting from learning in a classroom environment.”
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GOP members introduce bills banning Critical Race Theory
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MADISON (WKOW) A series of Republican-backed bills would ban particular lessons on race in K-12 schools, colleges, and in training for government workers.
The bill s authors introduced them Thursday at the Capitol, continuing a trend of conservative lawmakers taking aim at lessons involving Critical Race Theory, which argue many of the country s foundational tenets are rooted in racism.
The bills include a set of restrictions on types of lessons that would be banned; in some cases, they re open to interpretation which critics say could flood school boards with complaints.
Across the three bills, lessons and training could not make some feel as though they re at fault for the past actions of people who were of the same race or gender.21-3355 1
Lou Brown, a longtime UW–Madison faculty member and one of the most influential scholars and advocates for students with severe disabilities, died on May 1, 2021.Brown, a professor emeritus who is widely considered to have revolutionized the field, s
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