Education & Workforce Development

Maurice Thomas, executive director of Teach for America’s Milwaukee branch, has departed the organization to pursue a fellowship that will prepare him to launch his own secondary school in Milwaukee.

G3 Industries Inc. will close its manufacturing plant at N92 W15966 Megal Drive in Menomonee Falls on November 1, according to a WARN notice filed with the state Department of Workforce Development Friday.

As St. Marcus Lutheran School continues its pursuit of the former Lee School property, a vacant Milwaukee Public Schools building that closed in July 2009, St. Marcus leaders remain hopeful that the city will work with MPS toward a successful sale.

To engage more young professionals in the community and build on talent attraction and retention efforts across the region, Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care and Newaukee have established a partnership.

As St. Marcus Lutheran School continues its pursuit of the former Lee School property, a vacant Milwaukee Public Schools building that closed in July 2009, St. Marcus leaders remain hopeful that the city will work with MPS toward a successful sale.

The Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board has appointed Vicki Martin, Ph.D., president, according to an announcement the college made on Tuesday evening.

The Milwaukee Area Technical College District Board has appointed Vicki Martin, Ph.D., president, according to an announcement the college made on Tuesday evening.

Earl Buford has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, succeeding Donald Sykes, who has served in that capacity since 2006.

Beginning this fall, Milwaukee Public Schools administration will target 14 of its weakest schools with dramatic academic and behavioral interventions in order to boost their performance rates.

Longtime Milwaukee Public Schools teacher Bernadette Steep has bequeathed $2 million to Marquette University for endowed scholarship aid.