
Katherine Kokal
Education Reporter at WUWM-FM (Milwaukee, WI)
Education reporter at @WUWMRadio 🌞 WI native, Mizzou grad, with stops in SC snd South Florida along the way
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
wuwm.com | Katherine Kokal
There’s a lot of talk about how Milwaukee Public Schools needs radical change, but not much agreement on how to get there. On May 7, Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced that she is moving 40 teachers currently assigned to the district’s central office into classrooms. She’s also cutting 140 more jobs from the central office, but all of those jobs will be reposted for employees to apply to if they wish.
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3 weeks ago |
wuwm.com | Katherine Kokal
Reporting out this month from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinelfound that Milwaukee Public Schools doesn't track or analyze exit surveys completed by staff when they leave. This leaves large blind spots for district leaders about why people are dissatisfied with their jobs and how the district can improve.
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3 weeks ago |
wuwm.com | Katherine Kokal
It’s easy to think about immigration in the short term. News outlets report that border crossings are up or down, families are separated or reunited and new presidents change policies. But this week, WUWM is taking the long view. Welcome to our series Making Wisconsin: Our Immigration History, which helps us understand who our neighbors are and how immigration has shaped the city, state and country. Our first story examines the waves of immigration to Milwaukee.
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1 month ago |
wuwm.com | Katherine Kokal
From Pabst Brewing to El Rey supermarkets and Yemeni coffee shops, Milwaukee has been shaped by immigrant communities past and present. Our history shows up in some of our city’s most beloved businesses, festivals and architecture. Let's explore it together! Our guide for this journey is UWM professor of history Rachel Buff. We start with the numerous Indigenous peoples who lived here, where the rivers now called the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic converged.
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1 month ago |
wuwm.com | Katherine Kokal
Leaders of Milwaukee Public Schools say the district will clean up lead contamination in 54 schools built before 1950 by the start of next school year. That news comes as families at Westside Academy have learned their school will be closing May 5, and Brown Street Academy families learned that school will close May 12 for cleaning. Students at both schools will be relocated to Andrew S. Douglas Middle School during cleanup. Things are in flux around the city right now.
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