Kids & Family - May 6, 2009
Swine flu scare lessens as area schools reopen
Late yesterday afternoon, the swine flu scare officially ended at my house. Not that we were all that scared to begin with, but the "pandemic" hit home for us -- specifically my 8 1/2-year old bundle of joy -- in the form of an unscheduled two-day spring break.
Tags: swine flu, schools

Milwaukee Buzz - June 14, 2007
Hey, UWM, build it Downtown!
Who knows, maybe I'm being too parochial. Maybe not. Either way, we need more discussion about a proposed new UWM engineering school.
Tags: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, UWM, County Grounds, Scott Walker, jobs, development, schools, colleges in Milwaukee

Milwaukee Buzz - Nov. 16, 2004
New WYMS plan moves closer to MPS approval
After more than a year of talks, Milwaukee Public Schools administration has signed off on a contract that should allow Radio For Milwaukee, a local non-profit group, to transform WYMS-FM into a cutting-edge community radio station.
Tags: Buffett, Puerta, WYMS, WXPN, World Cafe, MPS, Schools, Radio for Milwaukee

Milwaukee Buzz - May 4, 2003
Learning academy project lifts off
The Academy for Learning and Leadership has become one of Milwaukee's newest charter school projects. A ground-breaking ceremony was conducted this week for phase I of the project, a 21,000-sq. ft. extension of the LaVarnway Boys and Girls Club facility located at Center and North 15th Streets.
Tags: charter, MPS, schools, education

Milwaukee Buzz - Aug. 30, 2009
Back to School
As I start my first beginning of the school year, I wonder why the uproar about the mayor taking over? I am fully aware of the impending accountability of teaching 4th grade and the high pressure testing that my students will encounter. Yet, I am short on textbooks, I have outdated and incomplete...
Tags: schools

Living - March 11, 2009
Texting: Blessing or curse
This column appears in the March 11 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.Sports fans do it from their seats. Millions do it to help choose the next "American Idol." President Barack Obama even used it to give supporters the scoop on his choice for a running mate. ...
Tags: text messaging, schools