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EXPLAIN IT TO ME: Literacy Law Implementation

EXPLAIN IT TO ME: Literacy Law Implementation

Background In late 2022, IRG released a comprehensive plan outlining how to fundamentally transform the way children are taught how to read in Wisconsin. After years of other states passing Wisconsin in national reading rankings - rural, ...
REFORMER OF THE MONTH: Allen D. Ruppel

REFORMER OF THE MONTH: Allen D. Ruppel

Our Reformer of the month is the Co-founder and President of Unity in Hope School System Inc., Allen D. Ruppel. THE BACKGROUND: The Unity in Hope School System was founded in 2019 to provide families and children in Pakistan the opportunity ...
EXPLAIN IT TO ME: MPS attack on Carmen charter

EXPLAIN IT TO ME: MPS attack on Carmen charter

EXPLAIN IT TO ME: MPS attack on Carmen charter WHAT HAPPENED? Last night, around 80 speakers on all sides came to testify at the Milwaukee Public Schools board meeting about hostile action against Carmen, a higher-performing charter school ...
REFORMER OF THE MONTH: Dr. Kurt Owens

REFORMER OF THE MONTH: Dr. Kurt Owens

Our Reformer of the month is the Founder and President of Bridge Builders Milwaukee, Dr. Kurt Owens! Bridge Builders Milwaukee’s mission is to, “inspire inner-city innovation that will holistically transform neighborhoods one block at a ...
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