Education & Workforce Development

The Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc. and UMOS will manage the “Transform Milwaukee Jobs Program” under Gov. Scott Walker's Transform Milwaukee initiative, according to an announcement made by the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families on Tuesday.

Important issues and the latest trends for the manufacturing sector will be examined next week when the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership hosts the 17th annual “Manufacturing Matters!” conference at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Milwaukee.

The Wisconsin State Assembly passed legislation Thursday night authorizing the sale of certain underused public school buildings in the Milwaukee Public Schools District.

The Wisconsin State Assembly last night passed a bill preempting local “living wage” ordinances.

“We need to love our kids more than the institutions in which they are educated.”
- Former MPS Superintendent Howard Fuller

Marquette University will eliminate 105 staff positions in an effort to cut costs and “ensure the university's long-term fiscal health, according to a letter today from Robert Wild, S.J., interim president.

Marquette University was one of 16 organizations chosen by NASA to launch a small satellite into space in the next three years.

Baltimore City Public Schools announced today Dr. Gregory Thornton, superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, will become its new chief executive officer of the district, pending successful contract negotiations.

Following the general wisdom that says, “Leave well enough alone,” let’s not mess with the basic structure that supports the Wisconsin Technical College System (WCTS).

S.C. Johnson has announced it is closing the Minneapolis home office of The Caldrea Company, which it acquired in 2008.