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About half of Milwaukee voters will elect new school board members April 6, with no incumbents running for four open seats. Two of the races have only one candidate on the ballot: Walker’s Point Center for the Arts executive director Marcela Garcia for the south side District 6 seat now held by Tony Baez; and recently retired Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Harry Leonard for the southwest District 7 seat held by Paula Phillips.  The north side District 4 seat is contested between Silver Spr...

In a forum focused on race and equity, Milwaukee Public Schools board candidates sought to distinguish themselves in a field where all candidates have talked about the need to move toward restorative justice, diversify staff and curriculum, and listen more to students.  Students were among those asking questions at the forum Wednesday hosted by the youth-led group Leaders Igniting Transformation along with the ACLU of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Inner-city Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) and Bl...

Wisconsin teachers will be eligible for the vaccine starting Monday Daphne Chen and Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Second grade teacher Lauren Mau teaches at Ronald Reagan Elementary School on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Mau is among the school staff who help make schools run during a pandemic. State health officials say they are ready to move forward with the second half of Phase 1B next week — and educators will be first...

360: Addressing racism as a public health crisis From education to healthcare and economics to housing, weve seen how departments across the state are coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. and last updated 2021-02-23 08:56:50-05 MILWAUKEE — From education to healthcare and economics to housing, weve seen how departments across the state are coming together to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The ability to tackle one single issue is a lesson in how to fight another public health cri...

Milwaukee Public Schools to host Black Lives Matter Week of Action 2021 The observance is part of Black History Month and the National Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action By Milwaukee Public Schools - Jan 31st, 2021 09:15 pm MILWAUKEE (January 31, 2021) — Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) will recognize and observe Black History Month, in part, through the Black Lives Matter Week of Action 2021. The week of February 1-5 is intended to bring attention to issue...

More student entries needed ahead of MLK Scholarship Program Linnie Supall and last updated 2021-01-07 21:56:26-05 WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coordinating Committee, Inc. is calling on students to submit essay and speech entries for the Annual Scholarship Breakfast Program. The event is all about inspiring young leaders to get engage involved with their community and step into their full potential. In 1971, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coordinating Committee, I...