MPS Teacher Compensation Plan Changes Delayed Due to Board/Union Shortsightedness On Monday, the Milwaukee Public Schools School Board approved a new compensation plan that will save the district millions of dollars. This windfall will be poured back into classrooms… Read More It’s Sort of Working in MPS
For years the MacIver Institute has published this regular feature, entitled MPS Checkbook, wherein we highlight some of the district’s most questionable expenditures…. Read More MPS Checkbook Contains Dubious Spending
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Frederick Douglass wrote in “Narrative of the Life of an African Slave” about how the wife of his owner started to teach Douglass how to read. Her husband found out… Read More MPS Board Puts Turf Protection Ahead of Meeting Kids’ Needs
Milwaukee’s Non-Instrumentality Charter Schools Outperform MPS on ACT By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst There are two different types of charter schools in the City of Milwaukee, and by at least one measure, those not chartered by the… Read More Evidence Supports Charter Autonomy from MPS
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Gregory Thornton put out a statement Friday on YouTube to Milwaukee’s teachers. Thornton wished them a Happy Independence Day and said those trying to find… Read More Most MPS Layoffs Could Have Been Avoided
MacIver News Service | June 30, 2011 [MILWAUKEE] The Milwaukee teachers’ union wants area businesses to donate $94 million to solve the district’s financial problems, hoping that will save some of the 519 jobs to be lost on Friday. Milwaukee… Read More Teachers’ Union Rejects Calls for Minor Concessions to Save Jobs Says Area Businesses Should Donate $94 Million to MPS
MacIver News Service | June 6, 2011 [Milwaukee…] In March, it was announced with much fanfare that the Milwaukee teachers’ union was dropping it’s controversial Viagra lawsuit against MPS. However, the MacIver News Service has learned that the effort to… Read More Claims of Discrimination By MPS Pop Up Again in ED Drug Case
MacIver News Service | June 6, 2011 [Milwaukee…] In March, it was announced with much fanfare that the Milwaukee teachers’ union was dropping it’s controversial Viagra lawsuit against MPS. However, the MacIver News Service has learned that the effort to… Read More Claims of Discrimination By MPS Pop Up Again in ED Drug Case
MNS – Milwaukee’s vacant school buildings may soon no longer lie abandoned. On Monday, Governor Scott Walker signed a bill into law that allows the City of Milwaukee to authorize the sale of empty public school buildings within its district…. Read More Walker Signs Legislation Allowing Milwaukee to Sell Vacant MPS Buildings, Expands the Scope of Charter Schools
MNS – Milwaukee’s vacant school buildings may soon no longer lie abandoned. On Monday, Governor Scott Walker signed a bill into law that allows the City of Milwaukee to authorize the sale of empty public school buildings within its district…. Read More Walker Signs Legislation Allowing Milwaukee to Sell Vacant MPS Buildings, Expands the Scope of Charter Schools