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Illustrations by Robert Neubecker Taylor Thompson was concerned how things would go in her first year as a first-grade teacher in a public elementary school in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. And, in fact, she found teaching during that 2024–2025 school year to be hard work. “Each day is not rainbows and singing and dancing,” she said. But…
Louisiana’s ‘Let Teachers Teach’ Plan Strikes a Chord
Illustrations by Robert Neubecker This is a sidebar to a longer essay, “What if . . . K–12 Education Reform Efforts Focused on Making Teaching Jobs More Doable?“ Louisiana as a leader in education improvement? The idea would have drawn guffaws for many years. The state had some of the weakest K–12 education records in…
Principals Can Play Big Roles in Teacher Success
This is a sidebar to a longer essay, “What if . . . K–12 Education Reform Efforts Focused on Making Teaching Jobs More Doable?“ Illustrations by Robert Neubecker While pay and benefits matter, the research is clear that many teachers who quit their jobs cite low job satisfaction. And many of them attribute this in…
Residence halls to close for winter break Dec. 13
Residence halls will close at noon on Saturday, Dec. 13, for the university’s winter break and will not reopen until Sunday, Jan. 11, 2024.
Blood Battle blood drive in the AMU, Dec. 3
The Arrupe Center for Community Service and Social Responsibility will host a blood drive with Versiti as part of the university’s Blood Battle competition with Butler University.
Apply for Marquette Volunteer Corps
Marquette Volunteer Corps offers students a semester-long opportunity to serve with purpose, build meaningful relationships and grow as leaders committed to justice.
Student parking permits sold out; sign up to join waitlist
Spring 2026 student parking permits are sold out.
Hand-painted ornament arrives on campus for Milwaukee’s Ornament Trail
One of 20, four-foot-round ornaments that make up Milwaukee Downtown BID #21’s Ornament Trail can be found on Marquette’s campus.
Business professors make data science easy for students through startup company
A startup company from Dr. Joe Wall makes it easier for people without a data science background to test their ideas.