As the Madison Metropolitan School District continues to craft its budget for the upcoming school year, a new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum finds that MMSD will be in […]
MTI Retired Teachers Call on Finance Committee to Remember Education F...
Last week, the state’s Republican-led finance committee slashed over 500 items out of Governor Tony Evers’ proposed budget, including multiple items meant to support teachers and students across the state. […]
A Labor Conversation on Workers’ Day
May 1st is International Workers’ Day and to mark the occasion on A Public Affair, we talk with some local labor organizers. First, Michael Jones explains the main concerns facing […]
MMSD proposed budget to cut over 100 staff positions
Labor Radio spoke to the teacher’s unit president of Madison Teachers Incorporated, Michael Jones, about the proposed budget for the Madison school district, which includes cuts to 155 staff positions. […]
Teachers union floods Madison school board meeting to demand fair wage...
“We don’t have enough. We don’t have enough staff, we don’t have enough anything. We’re all overworked, our special ed teachers are asked to cover for someone who’s absent, our […]
Assembly Committee Greenlights Bills to Mandate SROs in Certain School...
The state’s Assembly Committee on Education held an executive meeting today to discuss two new bills that, if passed, would require schools that make frequent calls to police to hire […]
