Families can receive $120 per student for food while students are on summer break, but some will need to apply by Aug. 28 to get the funds.
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A nonprofit installs bookshelves for children inside two Milwaukee laundromats
Jacarrie Kicks for Kids partners with Suds Your Duds Coin Laundry to bring books to children.
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Literacy Services of Wisconsin expands adult education services in Milwaukee
The organization’s new headquarters includes a Milwaukee Area Technical College community classroom, STEM room and GED testing space.
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Inside the NNS Newsroom: Meet Alex Klaus, our education solutions reporter
As a new superintendent begins her tenure as the leader of the troubled Milwaukee Public Schools system, and charter and other schools also face challenges, it’s a more important time than ever to bring a spotlight to tangible solutions.
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A program helps teachers tell Milwaukee’s untold stories. The Trump administration says it will no longer fund it.
The U.S. Department of Education will stop funding a local program helping local teachers delve into Milwaukee’s lesser-known history. Program staff are appealing the decision.
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Here are 9 Milwaukee graduates you need to know
Meet some of the Class of 2025’s finest. We guarantee you will be inspired.
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Update: Teacher Pathway Program serves 140 students this school year
About 140 Milwaukee high school students spent the year studying to become the next generation of potential educators.
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More cuts occur at COA, including teen program at Goldin and Skyline Music Series
The teen program is one in a growing list of services that the agency canceled this summer, including the organization’s annual Skyline Music Series, overnight summer camp and its 30-year partnership with Milwaukee Recreation that served youths across the city as a summer program.
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Milwaukee Job Corps campus shutdown leaves participants at risk of homelessness
About 130 students havie to change their plans for the future, including many who may now have to scramble to find somewhere to live since room and board are a key component of the program.
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South Side native takes advantage of educational opportunities for those formerly and currently incarcerated
After spending more than 20 years under supervision by the correctional system, Jamie De Jesus Sr. has the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree – exemplifying the purpose of the McNeely Prison Education Consortium.