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Milwaukee charter schools performed better than public schools on ACT, report shows

A report published Wednesday by the libertarian Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty found that charter schools in the Milwaukee area outperformed their public counterparts. The study specifically compared 2016 ACT and Forward Exam – the successor to the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Exam – scores and controlled for different factors in student populations such as poverty levels, race and number of non-native English speakers. “This matters for parents. It’s not about building one sector up or tearing another down,” said the author of the report, Will Flanders.

Hughes ends Madison School Board re-election campaign

Incumbent Madison School Board member Ed Hughes announced Wednesday that he is ending his campaign for re-election to seat seven in order to be with his wife, who is ill. “Yesterday, we learned that my wife’s cancer has returned,” Hughes said in an email statement.

Man fatally shot on East Washington Avenue, crashes into hotel

A man drove into an East side hotel and died after being shot multiple times by a still-at-large suspect early Wednesday morning, according to the Madison Police Department.

Student leader’s campaign works to increase tuition transparency

Matovich has noticed the rising cost of college in comparison to previous years, which led her to kickstart this campaign. She noted that there is not much information to explain the spike in tuition fees. With more transparency, Matovich believes that the campaign can make a better assessment of how to critically evaluate tuition spending.

UWPD assistant chief to retire after 32 years on the force

Over 32 years after joining the UW-Madison Police Department’s ranks, Assistant Chief Brian Bridges will serve his final day on the force Wednesday.

Nearly half of UW-Madison fraternities faced punishment in 2016, documents show

A young man, face bright red, covered in vomit and urine, lay slumped in the corner of a basement while a frat party continued.

Wisconsin Union budget increase approved by SSFC

Student Services Finance Committee met Thursday to approve a 1 percent increase in the Wisconsin Union’s budget. This increase brings their budget from $10.57 million to $10.6 million this year, a larger increase than previously.

Campus leaders dedicate Black Cultural Center at conclusion of Black History Month

The event was a dedication and libation ceremony for the center, which is located on the first floor of the Red Gym. The BCC will serve black students by facilitating opportunities for academic and social support, co-curricular programming and as a community building. It will acknowledge specific realities of black students at UW-Madison, according to their mission statement.

Soglin knocks school nutrition program funding cuts

Madison Mayor Paul Soglin says cutting funding to a state nutritional program that encourages locally-grown food in schools sends a message to the community: Wisconsin lawmakers prioritize penny-pinching over health and agricultural benefits.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan brings DREAMer to Trump’s congressional address

In an attempt to grab President Donald Trump’s attention, U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., is attending Trump’s congressional address Tuesday accompanied by a Mexican undocumented student who attends Edgewood College.

Liberal organization requests investigation of superintendent candidate

A Wisconsin nonprofit asked district attorneys in Milwaukee County and Rock County Tuesday to start an investigation of state superintendent candidate Lowell Holtz for allegedly using public resources for his campaign.

After Red Gym controversy, Sellery emerges as likely Amazon pickup point location

Following pushback from students, faculty and alumni last semester about the Red Gym as an Amazon pickup point location, UW-Madison students will likely be picking up their packages from Sellery Residence Hall.

UW-Madison ranked first in number of Peace Corps volunteers

With 87 UW-Madison graduates currently volunteering worldwide, UW-Madison ranks first among large schools on the Peace Corps 2017 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Since 1961, when the Peace Corps was founded, 3,239 alumni from UW-Madison have volunteered abroad.

White nationalist group continues recruiting on campus; Dropik ‘still affiliated’

Roughly three weeks after UW-Madison student Daniel Dropik took a leave of absence from the university, the American Freedom Party, a white nationalist group, has continued to actively recruit in Madison.

Chazen director to retire after 33 years in June

The Chazen Museum of Art will lose someone who’s been a fixture for 33 years with the retirement of Director Russell Panczenko, who is leaving June 30, according to a UW-Madison news release. Along with holding the director position, he also served as chief curator since 1984.

Peace Corps Week recognizes national program’s 56th year

The past and present of UW-Madison Peace Corps volunteers will be displayed this week as the program celebrates its 56th anniversary with a week of recruitment events aimed at highlighting the hospitality that forms a central part of service abroad. The national program was founded March 1, 1961, by former President John F. Kennedy.

Proposal for ‘free and full access’ receives racist backlash

Business school names three dean candidates

The Wisconsin School of Business was founded in 1900 as one of the first five business programs in the nation, and it’s about to undergo a change in leadership.

MPD chief: Tony Robinson settlement not ‘admission of guilt’

Madison Police Chief Mike Koval echoed the discontent of the city’s police union leaders, asserting that the $3.35 million settlement last week paid to the family of Tony Robinson by the city’s insurer was not an admission of guilt. The federal civil rights lawsuit was brought by the family of Tony Robinson, an unarmed teenager who was shot and killed after an altercation with Madison Police Department Officer Matt Kenny in March 2015.

Suspect arrested in downtown parking garage for beating man unconscious, striking woman

A man was arrested early Sunday morning for allegedly assaulting a 22-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman downtown, according to the Madison Police Department. Percell T.