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Will Flanders & Nic Kelly: School choice is a life preserver, not an anchor 

Recently, the Wisconsin Policy Forum released a comprehensive overview of the education landscape in Milwaukee. The report is likely eye-opening for many—and shows just how far behind Milwaukee’s students are in comparison to the rest of the state and the nation. But, much of the media coverage of this report seems to focus on the notion that education reform has failed in the city.

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Dave Cieslewicz: Biden exits to applause

Joe Biden got, as expected, sustained applause and chants of “Thank you, Joe!” at last night’s Democratic convention in Chicago. The subtext was that most of the delegates were thanking him for leaving the ticket.

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David Blaska: Will it be a split-screen kind of convention?

It was 10 years ago that the first black President berated America for its institutionalized racism while the magic of television split his screen with the “mostly peaceful” civil rights demonstrators looting orange Stoli and fire bombing hair styling salons in Ferguson MO. Nothing says Equal Rights like burning down your own neighborhood.

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Will Flanders & Nic Kelly: School choice is a life preserver, not an anchor 

Recently, the Wisconsin Policy Forum released a comprehensive overview of the education landscape in Milwaukee. The report is likely eye-opening for many—and shows just how far behind Milwaukee’s students are in comparison to the rest of the state and the nation. But, much of the media coverage of this report seems to focus on the notion that education reform has failed in the city.

Read More »

Dave Cieslewicz: Biden exits to applause

Joe Biden got, as expected, sustained applause and chants of “Thank you, Joe!” at last night’s Democratic convention in Chicago. The subtext was that most of the delegates were thanking him for leaving the ticket.

Read More »

David Blaska: Will it be a split-screen kind of convention?

It was 10 years ago that the first black President berated America for its institutionalized racism while the magic of television split his screen with the “mostly peaceful” civil rights demonstrators looting orange Stoli and fire bombing hair styling salons in Ferguson MO. Nothing says Equal Rights like burning down your own neighborhood.

Read More »

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