More than a year after ending its decade-long affiliation with the Milwaukee Education Partnership, Milwaukee Public Schools is still trying to recoup money from the organization for work it never performed.
Author Archives: Corrinne Hess / WPR
Corrinne Hess is a Wisconsin Public Radio reporter based in Milwaukee. Hess has reported on the Southeast Wisconsin area for over ten years, writing for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Kenosha News, and other print media. Hess has won a number of awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Newspaper Association, and others.
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Voters approve tax increases for many Wisconsin school districts
Voters in 107 Wisconsin school districts approved tax increases to benefit schools, a preliminary Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis found. Just 30 failed.
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Ideological Wisconsin law firm strengthening ties with state school boards
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, or WILL, has gotten more involved with local school boards.
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Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent resigns
Milwaukee Public Schools Superintendent Keith Posley resigned, hours after a public hearing where more than 100 parents, staffers and community members called for his ouster.
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Despite $252 million referendum, Milwaukee Public Schools eliminates school counselors in 53206 ZIP code
Less than a week after voters narrowly approved a $252 million referendum for Milwaukee Public Schools, the district decided to eliminate full-time trauma support specialists from the schools in the 53206 ZIP code.
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Waukesha middle school receives bomb threats after Libs of TikTok post
A grassroots advocacy group believes bomb threats are connected to political battles over LGBTQ issues in the Waukesha school district and a social media post on the controversial Libs of TikTok.
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Gerard Randall resigns as Milwaukee Republican convention host committee secretary
Gerard Randall, a top Wisconsin GOP official who helped secure the Republican National Convention for Milwaukee, has left his position as host committee secretary after reporting by WPR in collaboration with Wisconsin Watch brought the questionable history of his nonprofit to light.
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Wisconsin GOP official questioned over his no-bid contracts from Milwaukee Public Schools
Some Milwaukee school board members questioned whether a local nonprofit that received nearly $1.3 million in no-bid district contracts over the past decade was delivering on its promises to improve student achievement.
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State reviewing Milwaukee business’ suspicious use of COVID relief funds
Evers administration says only one Diverse Business Grant has been suspended, but Cynthia Brown case shows challenge of distributing federal relief funds.
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Property owners near Foxconn say they were misled. Now their homes are gone.
Homeowners near the Foxconn facility say they sold their homes for road widenings that were either abandoned, embellished — or never planned.
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‘Blight’ declaration for Foxconn one of the largest ever seen, experts say
In June 2018, the village of Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, declared four square miles as blighted, giving the village board one more tool to force landowners to sell their property to make way for the Foxconn plant and associated development.
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More homes in the crosshairs as Foxconn-related road projects proceed
One homeowner describes the ‘nightmare’ of discovering that her newly purchased home may be in the path of a road widening underway near Foxconn.