PBS Wisconsin - District 91心頭istration District 91心頭istration Media Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:15:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Nearly every state funds hands-on job training in high schools, but Wisconsin is not one of them /nearly-every-state-funds-hands-on-job-training-in-high-schools-but-wisconsin-is-not-one-of-them/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:14:56 +0000 /?p=182465 Whether students in Wisconsin have access to career and technical education courses largely depends on if their school district pays for them, and that's because the state is one of just five that doesn't dedicate funding to these programs in public schools.

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]]> As Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly traversed the state in February to visit classrooms, she saw students harvesting and selling farm-fresh food, managing coffee shops and learning in wood shops, among other hands-on training.

Through career and technical education programs, high school students can take unconventional classes like these that train them for in-demand jobs. The classes are popular among students, and schools want to offer more of them.

Kids imaginations and their talents completely jump to life when theyre immersed in these settings and in these classrooms, Underly said.

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]]> What’s being done to help mental health among school kids? /article/whats-being-done-to-help-mental-health-among-school-kids/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:36:46 +0000 /?p=156667 Peer support, school staff and psychology researchers are trying to keep up with the growing rate of mental health issues among K-12 students in Wisconsin while lawmakers debate boosts to funding.

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]]> Despite having a handful of counselors, a school psychologist and a social worker on staff, Brookfield East High School principal Andy Farley said they still have trouble meeting the mental health needs of their 1,400 students.

I think every school principal would love to have more mental health professionals, he said. Its never going to be enough.

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]]> What’s being done in one Midwest state to help student mental health /article/whats-being-done-in-one-midwest-state-to-help-student-mental-health/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 14:17:39 +0000 /?p=156628 Peer support, school staff and psychology researchers are trying to keep up with the growing rate of mental health issues among K-12 students in Wisconsin while lawmakers debate boosts to funding.

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]]> Despite having a handful of counselors, a school psychologist and a social worker on staff, Brookfield East High School principal Andy Farley said they still have trouble meeting the mental health needs of their 1,400 students.

I think every school principal would love to have more mental health professionals, he said. Its never going to be enough.

Farley knows firsthand how devastating student mental health problems can become: A few years back, a number of students at Brookfield East died from suicide.

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]]> Milwaukee’s schools promised transportation stipends due to unreliable busing, but few parents received them /article/milwaukees-schools-promised-transportation-stipends-due-to-unreliable-busing-but-few-parents-received-them/ Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:24:11 +0000 /?p=155325 Milwaukee Public Schools did not distribute $500,000 the district allocated to reimburse parents for gas, bus passes and mileage, and parents say buses still run late in the first months of the 2023-24 school year.

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]]> Belinda Rodriguez depends on Milwaukee Public Schools busing contractors to transport her grandchildren to and from school. That poses problems. The bus sometimes arrives late to drive her 6-year-old granddaughter, Magaly Coronado, to her south side Milwaukee school, or deliver her home.

That tardiness leaves Rodriguez anxious about the childs whereabouts and wondering why one grandchild gets picked up and not the other, even though they ride the same route and live less than two miles apart.

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