Free academic summer camps address learning gap

Stride, formerly K12 Inc., is offering free online summer learning camps to help students make up for the deficits that came with the pandemic.

Badgers' Taylor teaches financial literacy

A group of Milwaukee area youth got a surprise visit Thursday, July 1 from a professional football player, but they weren’t talking sports.

Is home court advantage real? UWM research explores

It has been loud at every Milwaukee Bucks home playoff game. Most fans will tell you their screaming can be a difference-maker, but research from UW-Milwaukee shows it's a little more complicated.

Wisconsin bill would require cursive education

Is it a lost art or an antiquated form of communication? The debate over cursive requirements in schools has reignited after a bill that stalled in the Senate during the coronavirus pandemic gets new life.

UW Alzheimer’s clinical trial; volunteers needed

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is recruiting volunteers for a study testing an investigational treatment that aims to help prevent the earliest memory loss due to Alzheimer’s disease.

MPS transportation partnership for fall
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As Milwaukee Public Schools' leaders prepare for in-person classes five days a week come fall, they're making sure transportation goes off without a hitch.

HopSkipDrive offers MPS school transportation

As Milwaukee Public Schools' leaders prepare for in-person classes five days a week come fall, they're making sure transportation goes off without a hitch.

Biden administration cancels $500M of student loan debt: This is who qualifies

The U.S. Department of Education, under the direction of President Joe Biden, recently announced that the 18,000 students who were defrauded by ITT Technical Institute will have their student loans forgiven.

Indiana University students sue school over vaccine requirement, allege constitutional rights violated

Eight Indiana University students have filed a federal lawsuit against the school, alleging that its COVID-19 vaccine requirement violates both their constitutional rights and the state's new vaccine passport law.

MPS virtual job fair; teachers, others wanted for fall

With the Milwaukee Public School District announcing it will be open for in-person learning five days a week this fall, now the task is to get 100% staffing.

MPS to return full-time in-person with masks required this fall

Milwaukee Public Schools will return to the classroom full-time in the fall with masks being required inside all buildings, schools and buses.

School lunch P-EBT program; 2nd benefits release begins June 26

The Wisconsin DHS announced that families of students who participate in the National School Lunch Program will be receiving more than $80 million in food benefits.

Marquette Nursing receives $2.2M grant for Project BEYOND-2

Marquette University's College of Nursing has received an almost $2.2 million grant to continue Project BEYOND-2.

Free COVID testing for schools, Wisconsin DHS announces

Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced COVID-19 testing support for Wisconsin schools in the 2021-2022 school year, free of charge.