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Hey Milwaukee, don’t forget to vote today! Polls are open until 8pm today - find out where you should be voting. If you want to get a sample ballot Wisconsin Voter Information will show you which seats and referendums you’ll be voting on. Today’s election has an important referendum, “Should the state of Wisconsin continue to permit citizens to register to vote at the polls on Election Day? Yes ____ No_____” I think you know what to do!

Hey Milwaukee, don’t forget to vote today!

Polls are open until 8pm today - find out where you should be voting. If you want to get a sample ballot Wisconsin Voter Information will show you which seats and referendums you’ll be voting on.

Today’s election has an important referendum, “Should the state of Wisconsin continue to permit citizens to register to vote at the polls on Election Day? Yes ____ No_____”

I think you know what to do!

Advanced Placement grows in Wisconsin, but gaps persist

More graduates in Wisconsin’s Class of 2012 took Advanced Placement exams and earned scores high enough to be considered for college credit, but success rates for black and Hispanic graduates fell or remained flat from last year, according to a report.

The College Board’s Ninth Annual AP Report to the Nation shows that among Wisconsin’s graduating seniors last spring, 29.6% took an AP exam sometime in high school, up from 27.8% in the Class of 2011.

UW-Madison to offer free public online courses starting in fall

UW-Madison was among 29 universities in several countries that announced new partnerships with the online learning company Coursera, a platform for massive open online courses called MOOCs.

the four pilot courses that literally thousands of students around the world may take online will showcase a handful of UW-Madison’s best and brightest faculty. The first two courses, Video Games and Learning and a business course, Markets with Friction, will be offered this fall. In spring 2014, Globalizing Higher Education and Research for the Knowledge Economy will be offered, fol lowed by a human evolution course.

State Policy Report Card

Michelle Rhee’s StudentsFirst gave out state grades and Wisconsin got a D+.

Wisconsin has begun to improve its education policies, but it still has much work to do. The state has adopted meaningful educator evaluations, but it must take the next step and link student performance, educator performance, and district personnel and salary decisions. Wisconsin must also prohibit seniority from driving layoff decisions. Wisconsin parents have options available, including an opportunity scholarship program for low-income students, but public charter schools are significantly restricted and accountability is weak. The state should also empower parents with meaningful school performance information so they can make better choices. Wisconsin would also benefit by expanding state and mayoral authority to intervene in low-performing schools and districts. Finally, the state should no longer lock teachers into the existing outdated pension system and should instead offer a more attractive, portable retirement option.