In this open letter to Scott Walker, a teacher (who was named “teacher of the year”) accuses the governor of misidentifying another Wisconsin teacher as teacher of the year and then takes him to task for Act 10. Read our writer Erik Gunn’s probing look at Act 10 in this August 2014 feature.
Nancy Zimpher, former UWM chancellor, co-wrote an article calling for tougher training for teachers in the K-12 levels. Check out now-Mil Mag Editor Kurt Chandler’s profile of Zimpher from several years ago.
The Milwaukee Bucks have completed their contract buyout of once-budding star center Larry Sanders, a settlement that will pay him about half of the 4-year, $44 million deal he signed back in 2013 and free up future salary cap space for the team. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, his former teammates have turned their thoughts to the health of Sanders, who reportedly won’t consider playing basketball again until he gets some personal issues under control.
UrbanMilwaukee.com offers this analysis on the North Avenue dam.
A sweater owned by the late Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi just went for $43,000 at a NYC auction. This is after a couple paid just 58 cents for it at a Goodwill in Asheville, N.C.
