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  1. News

    Three Years of Covering the State We Love

    At Schwarz’s Supper Club in St. Anna, you still put your name in at the door, order an old fashioned at the bar and wait for your table. Ziggy and Evelyn…

    By Brian Fraley · Oct. 19, 2026
    Dairyland Sentinel three-year anniversary celebration graphic" and "Support Wisconsin investigative journalism at Dairyland Sentinel
  2. News

    Milwaukee Public Schools Turn to Chicago With On the Spot Job Offers for Displaced CPS Teachers

    Milwaukee Public Schools will host a two day recruitment fair in Chicago this week as the district seeks to hire recently laid off Chicago Public Schools…

    By Brian Fraley · July 27, 2026
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  3. Opinion

    Some Solid Reporting on MPS Literacy Dysfunction

    A Dairyland Sentinel perspectives column by George Mitchell Kudos to Journal Sentinel education reporter Kayla Huynh. Her February 2 story (Milwaukee Public…

    By George Mitchell · Feb. 10, 2026
    Some Solid Reporting on MPS Literacy Dysfunction
  4. Opinion

    Fact-checking a School Choice critic

    Bruce Murphy’s Claim Based on Foundation of Factual Errors A Dairyland Sentinel Perspectives Column by George Mitchell Misinformation about private school…

    By George Mitchell · Nov. 2, 2025
    Guest Perspective: An explainer on the sales and use tax exemption for datacenters
  5. News

    WILL Report warns Wisconsin’s math decline threatens students, workforce

    MILWAUKEE — A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty says the state’s math performance is slipping, achievement gaps are widening, and…

    By Brian Fraley · Sept. 17, 2025
    WILL Math Report September 2025
  6. News

    Milwaukee Public Schools Slammed in Scathing Audit

    An independent review ordered by Gov. Tony Evers says Milwaukee Public Schools has no clear vision for teaching, gives principals and teachers too little…

    By DS Staff · June 14, 2025
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  7. News

    History and Analysis of the Struggle to Place MPD Student Resource Officers in Milwaukee Public Schools

    Milwaukee police officers walked into 11 Milwaukee Public Schools high schools on Monday, March 17. State law said they were supposed to be there by Jan. 1,…

    By DS Staff · March 18, 2025
    History and Analysis of the Struggle to Place MPD Student Resource Officers in Milwaukee Public Schools
  8. News

    Wisconsin’s Educational Disparity Widens: Black and White Student Achievement Gaps Grow

    The release of data from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as the “Nation’s Report…

    By DS Staff · Jan. 29, 2025
    Wisconsin’s Educational Disparity Widens: Black and White Student Achievement Gaps Grow
  9. News

    Wisconsin Data Shows School Choice Leads to Improved Outcomes in Milwaukee, Racine, Statewide

    (Madison, Wis.) – Newly released Department of Public Instruction (DPI) test score data shows school choice students maintain an advantage over public…

    By DS Staff · Oct. 9, 2024
    Milwaukee Racine Wisconsin school choice.
  10. News

    Milwaukee Public Schools Misses Second Filing Deadline

    Fiscal Year 2023 Audited Financial Report Was Due Last Friday

    By DS Staff · Sept. 18, 2024
    Milwaukee Public Schools Misses Second Filing Deadline
  11. News

    Wanggaard: MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS LATE ON CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN

    MPS Didn’t File District Aid Certification Due On August 30

    By DS Staff · Sept. 12, 2024
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  12. News

    Not in a hurry: MPS has yet to engage a firm to search for a new Superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools

    Sunday, July 28, 2024 8:30 pm (c) Dairyland Sentinel Former Milwaukee Public Schools’ superintendent Dr. Keith Posley announced his resignation on June 4,…

    By DS Staff · July 28, 2024
    Not in a hurry: MPS has yet to engage a firm to search for a new Superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools
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