Morning Links for Oct. 13 2014

Morning Links for Oct. 13 2014

All the news that’s fit to link. Public Policy Forum’s latest report reveals persisting problems with MPS as well as some signs of progress. Most troubling is that poverty is “on the rise” and has been for five years.  There’s a new organization in town that’s determined to help Milwaukeeans convicted of non-violent felonies or misdemeanor crimes get jobs, says the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. Since 2004, 50 voucher schools were terminated from the state’s system despite receiving nearly $140 million in state funding. Two thirds of the schools closed after only being open for less than five years, and…

All the news that’s fit to link.

  • Public Policy Forum’s latest report reveals persisting problems with MPS as well as some signs of progress. Most troubling is that poverty is “on the rise” and has been for five years. 
  • There’s a new organization in town that’s determined to help Milwaukeeans convicted of non-violent felonies or misdemeanor crimes get jobs, says the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
  • Since 2004, 50 voucher schools were terminated from the state’s system despite receiving nearly $140 million in state funding. Two thirds of the schools closed after only being open for less than five years, and all of them were in Milwaukee. 
  • Check in with the Dallas Morning News today to keep up with the latest on the second confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S. 
  • A new study suggests infants sleeping on couches could be as dangerous as co-sleeping. 

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.