Click on bottom right corner to advance to next check Wasteful Spending Continues in State’s Most Troubled School District If Wisconsin’s educational establishment want their demands for more funding to be taken seriously, they must stop wasteful spending of… Read More Reckless Spending at MPS Morally Wrong, Healy Says
Click on bottom right corner to advance to next check Wasteful Spending Continues in State’s Most Troubled School District If Wisconsin’s educational establishment want their demands for more funding to be taken seriously, they must stop wasteful spending of… Read More Reckless Spending at MPS Morally Wrong, Healy Says
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Eleven schools in Milwaukee have been identified as some of the lowest performing in the state and are in line for over $6.3 million in federal grants to spur a turnaround. If… Read More Eleven MPS High Schools – Including Four Charter Schools – Get Low-Performer Tag in 2011; Will Federal Intervention Help?
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Eleven schools in Milwaukee have been identified as some of the lowest performing in the state and are in line for over $6.3 million in federal grants to spur a turnaround. If… Read More Eleven MPS High Schools – Including Four Charter Schools – Get Low-Performer Tag in 2011; Will Federal Intervention Help?
By Christian D’Andrea-MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Not only are Milwaukee’s Public Schools running their operating budgets into steep deficits, but they’re also fraught with high-risk accounting problems, according to recent MPS audits. The district recently commissioned a series… Read More MPS Audit Reveals Careless Financial Management
Click in bottom right hand corner to scroll through the Check Register MacIver News Service [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Milwaukee Public School’s spending practices continue to come under scrutiny. Last month, MPS spent $1,000 for gardening classes and nearly $5,000 for… Read More Peculiar Spending at MPS Continues
MacIver News Service | October 7, 2010 2:01 pm [Madison, Wisc…] More than one in eight, or 13 percent, of all Wisconsin residents are on food stamps. With nearly 750,000 receiving FoodShare benefits, Wisconsin has seen a 24 percent increase… Read More 1 in 8 Wisconsinites Now on Food Stamps
Click in bottom right hand corner to scroll through the August Check Register Graphic MacIver News Service | September 2, 2010 [Milwaukee, Wisc…] Although they were able to recall some laid off teachers courtesy of the latest federal bailout,… Read More Latest Look at MPS Checkbook Shows More Questionable Expenditures
[Madison, Wisc…] An analysis of data provided by Milwaukee Public Schools paints a bleak picture for the financial stability of Wisconsin’s largest school district. A report issued this week by actuaries at Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company shed light on… Read More MacIver Institute: Analysis of New Data Shows MPS on Verge of Bankruptcy
Obligations Could Soar to $5 Billion within Decade MacIver News Service | August 24, 2010 [Milwaukee, Wisc…] The Milwaukee Public School district has nearly $2.4 billion in long-term, non-pension obligations to retirees and their spouses, according to new figures released… Read More MPS’ Costs for Retiree Health Benefits Threaten to Overwhelm District