Record 100 MPS schools awarded for reinforcing positive behavior | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Milwaukee Public Schools
July 2, 2016
Milwaukee Public Schools has set another record for the number of schools awarded by an independent, statewide organization for promoting positive behaviors: 100 schools, up from 79 last year.
MPS also broke records for the number of schools recognized in the area of academics: 62 in reading, up from 39 last year and 52 in math, up from 22 last year.
The honors come from the Wisconsin RtI Center, a statewide organization that helps schools implement successful, proven programs including Response to Intervention (RtI) behavior – Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS), which helps build strong school environments, and RtI academics, which builds supports to meet students’ individual needs so all can achieve academic success.
“A positive school environment helps students learn and we are honored that so many of our schools are being recognized by an independent organization for doing just that,” MPS Superintendent Dr. Darienne Driver said. “Meeting the individual learning needs of all students is equally important and a growing number of MPS schools are being honored for that work as well. Congratulations to our educators, support staff, district-level administrators as well as students and families for making this happen.”
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The MPS schools were recognized as either a School of Distinction, the highest honor, or a School of Merit. The schools are: