The Milwaukee MPS referendum has passed with 51% of the vote, according to preliminary results that now include absentee ballots and all wards.
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Extremely tight race on the referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools. We are still waiting on results from absentee ballots, and there are over 25,000 of them. jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

A parent challenged 444 books in Elkhorn. Here's how the district responded.

By Rory Linnane Ⓜ️:

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Last month I got to shadow a Restorative Practices course at Audubon. If you’ve wondered how restorative practices and restorative justice circles work, read on to see how this Milwaukee MPS school does it and why an egg drop was involved ~ jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply saddened by the killing of Palestinian journalist and press freedom defender Bilal Jadallah, a previous contributor to CPJ’s work.

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What's going on with book bans in Wisconsin school libraries? I looked at the groups driving them, how many there have been, the legal parameters and more. jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

'More journalists have reportedly been killed over a four-week period than in any conflict in at least three decades.' -United Nations António Guterres

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View CPJ's latest reporting on journalist casualties in the #Israel #Gaza war: cpj.org/2023/11/journa…

Love to see the employees of Wisconsin Watch unionizing! Their mission: “Our union will improve the transparency, security, culture and diversity of our organization, allowing us to safeguard our role as an indispensable source of rigorous, relevant, fact-checked journalism.”

We stand in strong support of the employees at Wisconsin Watch, a nonprofit investigative news outlet, who announced today that they are unionizing. They produce outstanding investigative journalism and they deserve the protection and representation of a union. Solidarity!

From Sophie Carson: 'Palestinian-Americans in the Milwaukee area are racked with worry and grief. Those with relatives in Gaza...anxiously await messages from their family. Food, water and fuel has been dwindling.' jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

These anti-CRT ads have been running all over Wisconsin, paid for by a secretive group that's dropped > $1.7 million. They use video of a Milwaukee teacher without her permission. jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

Felt very special to see sarah thankam mathews talk about her Milwaukee-based book with Jim Higgins at Milwaukee’s own Boswell Book Company! Really enjoyed her novel, All This Could Be Different

MPS hasn't tested its water for lead since 2019, a district official said, instead relying on filters on all its fountains. The city's health department recommends active testing. jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

A long-standing voucher school in Milwaukee, Holy Redeemer Christian Academy, has been barred from the voucher program. Bishop Sedgwick Daniels disputed allegations of financial disrepair and says the school will go on.
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Moms for Liberty says its presidential town hall will be at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee Aug. 23. Training events the day before, led by a Moms for Liberty co-founder, are still planned for the Pfister.

UW-Oshkosh is planning to cut ~200 positions as it faces a $18 million deficit. Wisconsin's public university system was recently ranked among the worst-funded in the nation. jsonline.com/story/news/edu…