Elmbrook vote on adding 4-K program is Tuesday nightBoard, residents have been dividedBy LISA SINK
lsink@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 26, 2007
Brookfield - E-mails flooding Elmbrook School Board members are overwhelmingly opposed to adding a kindergarten program for 4-year-olds, but many parents of young children are urging it be approved.
UWM trying to stifle speech, group says School imposes high security fee for anti-Islamic speakerBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 27, 2007
A student group at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee that invited a controversial speaker to campus is protesting the school's demand for extra security fees, saying the university is trying to kill the event and stifle free speech.
Elmbrook rejects 4-K Advocates said 4-K would bring Elmbrook schools revenue and student gains; the School Board said noBy LISA SINK
lsink@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 27, 2007
Brookfield - After two hours of emotional debate, the Elmbrook School Board voted 4-3 Tuesday against offering a permanent kindergarten program for 4-year-olds.
Web 2.0 is all the rage. You can tell it’s hot because half the sessions at educational technology conferences have 2.0 in the title. Soon they will be labeled 3.0 to show that they are really, really, really cutting edge.
Web 2.0 is a collective term for the “read/write” web, meaning that people who use the Internet are no longer passive content consumers, but are actively creating material for themselves and others. Grandmas, nuclear physicists, army privates and cab drivers are blogging, podcasting, uploading videos, sharing photos, finding friends, socializing, and much more. For many teachers, these tools offer exciting opportunities for students to express themselves and take command of technology that stretches the mind and reaches outside school walls.
Tags: adventure, Share, Students, WithFather G. Simon Harak 'Takes Five'Priest brought peace center to Marquette Posted: Nov. 25, 2007
Father G. Simon Harak, a Jesuit priest with a doctorate in ethics from the University of Notre Dame, is well into his first semester as director of Marquette University's new Center for Peacemaking. Harak was brought to Marquette in January to teach theology and to explore creating the center. Marquette already offered an interdisciplinary minor in justice and peace studies. Harak, 59, formerly a professor at Fairfield University, opposed United Nations sanctions against Iraq by helping to found Voices in the Wilderness, and spoke against war profiteering as the national anti-militarism coordinator for the War Resisters League. He was interviewed by Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Heinen.
Teachers find themselves learning Waukesha staff cuts mean many are taking on new jobsBy AMY HETZNER
ahetzner@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 26, 2007
Waukesha - By day, Billy Swartz leads a classroom of 27 youngsters through lessons on number placements, respect for others, fire-drill etiquette and other sundry tasks, as a second-grade teacher at Hadfield Elementary School.
Speaker fee rescinded UWM says it won't levy charge for extra securityBy ERICA PEREZ
eperez@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 29, 2007
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administrators said Thursday that they would rescind a security fee imposed on a student group to host a controversial speaker on campus, responding to criticism that the charge was unfairly and prohibitively high.
Ex-coach charged with sex assault Man, 57, was assistant to Mukwonago girls teamBy MIKE JOHNSON and AMY HETZNER
mikejohnson@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 27, 2007
Waukesha - A former girls varsity assistant basketball coach at Mukwonago High School was charged Tuesday with five counts of sexual assault of a student by a school staff member.
MPS attendance slips High schoolers a concern as district lags behind others in countyBy ALAN J. BORSUK
aborsuk@journalsentinel.comPosted: Nov. 27, 2007
Attendance in Milwaukee Public Schools dropped slightly last year, with a bit steeper decline among high school students.
