In the first year of the pandemic, certain large employers were federally required to provide paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave for reasons related to COVID-19. That […]
Madison, September 1961
Madison, September, 1961 In mid- September, urban renewal of the Greenbush goes into high gear as the the Madison Redevelopment Authority approves a land acquisition policy of paying the higher […]
Madison in the Sixties – Race and Classrooms
Madison in the Sixties – race and classrooms On May 4, 1960 Members of the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights have an inconclusive meeting with Superintendent Philip Falk about why […]
Madison, the second week of January, 1968
Madison in the Sixties – the second week of January, 1968 On the morning of the eighth, the Wisconsin State Journal publishes an editorial about the thirty or so families […]
Madison – the 1967/68 school year
Madison in the Sixties — the 1967/68 school year. As the school year begins, a majority of teachers have no classroom experience. And due to the continuing pay gap, only […]
Madison, 1965 – the School System
Madison in the Sixties – the public schools, 1965 The new school year opens with almost 32,000 youngsters in the public schools, ranging from 203 at Cherokee elementary to almost […]
