Education & Workforce Development

Marquette University was one of 16 organizations chosen by NASA to launch a small satellite into space in the next three years.

Baltimore City Public Schools announced today Dr. Gregory Thornton, superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools, will become its new chief executive officer of the district, pending successful contract negotiations.

Following the general wisdom that says, “Leave well enough alone,” let’s not mess with the basic structure that supports the Wisconsin Technical College System (WCTS).

S.C. Johnson has announced it is closing the Minneapolis home office of The Caldrea Company, which it acquired in 2008.

True Skool Inc., a nonprofit youth arts organization, plans to offer its after-school Urban Arts Program in a 9,800-square-foot space at the Shops of Grand Avenue in the Plankinton Building at 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee, according to a proposal submitted to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA).

Daniel Eck, Lakeland College’s interim president for the past 10 months, has been selected as the Sheboygan college’s 16th president.

True Skool Inc., a nonprofit youth arts organization, plans to offer its after-school Urban Arts Program in a 9,800-square-foot space at the Shops of Grand Avenue in the Plankinton Building at 161 W. Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee, according to a proposal submitted to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA).

Daniel Eck, Lakeland College’s interim president for the past 10 months, has been selected as the Sheboygan college’s 16th president.

Marquette University has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous benefactor to build a new on-site residence for its Jesuit priests.

In the heart of one of Wisconsin's most conservative counties, Democratic President Barack Obama on Thursday identified a worker training program that he said could be a model for the country.