The new school year is fast approaching with many unknowns, but one thing is for sure: the Black Lives Matter movement has woken America up to the racial inequality in schools across the nation. What comes next? Today, Wednesday host Ali Muldrow takes up a discussion of race, education, and where we go from here […]
Childcare employees poised to receive $51 million in aid
In his safer at home executive order last month, Governor Evers declared childcare providers essential workers, allowing daycare centers to operate during the pandemic. But, some centers have chosen to close their doors, while others have remained open. “Whether to stay open and serve families of essential workforce, or to close down.” That’s Emilie Amundson, […]
The Way We Eat: Where we went wrong with school lunches
The push for school lunch programs initially came about during the turn of the last century. The first programs were rolled out in Chicago and New York public schools, then the largest school systems in the nation, in the early 1900s. Since the earliest days of those initial efforts, there has been a constant debate […]
Madison Schools: Investing in Public Education
Today on the show, host Ali Muldrow is joined in the studio by former school board member Ed Hughes and Madison Teachers Inc. executive director Doug Keillor to discuss issues pertaining to Madison K–12 schools, including the budget, upcoming referendums, the search for a new superintendent, and the ongoing fight for public education. Ed Hughes […]
Lunch in American Public Schools with Jennifer Gaddis
US Representative Ilhan Omar and Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill earlier this year that would put an end to school lunch shaming, reimburse schools for all meal debt, and provide greater incentive to use local food. Today’s guest tells us why this might be the key for healthier food for kids across the country. […]
Public Health – School Immunizations
With back-to-school season in full swing, we turn our attention to school immunizations for today’s episode. Our guest is Sarah Hughes, immunization coordinator with Public Health Madison & Dane County, who answers a host of listener calls about the vaccination schedule for K–12 students, healthcare access for low-income communities, the public controversy around vaccination, and […]
