Kevin Conway
Add Race and Racism to List of Reasons Reforms Flounder
One theme of the work of the Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education is a focus on K–12 education law and policy. This is one of six colleague reactions interspersed in an essay written by Alan J. Borsuk, the Law School’s senior fellow in law and public policy.
The Body Politic Writ Large Does Not Care
One theme of the work of the Law School’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic Education is a focus on K–12 education law and policy. This is one of six colleague reactions interspersed in an essay written by Alan J. Borsuk, the Law School’s senior fellow in law and public policy.
Struggling to Read, Struggling to Find Help
Once a week last spring, Kermaine Petty took a break from a busy professional and personal life and logged on to Zoom to review the rules of reading. During one session, Petty and his tutor, Tommy Baas, started with why a c sometimes softens to sound like an s—typically, when it comes before an e,…
Marquette Poll Finds National Majorities Think Parents and Government Could Improve Schools
Parents—that’s who the largest percent of Americans think can have an effect on improving the quality of schools. And whom do people look to the least to help with school improvement? The federal government. The Marquette Law School Poll asked a national sample of 1,005 adults in June 2024 whether they thought the federal government,…
Are There Any Solutions to the Problems?
American education history is filled with demands from on high for better student success that have solved little. The current surge of reading reforms will test whether top-down policymaking works.
Marquette’s top 10 news media moments of 2023
With 2023 coming to an end, the Office of University Relations shares Marquette’s top 10 news media moments of the year.
So Simple, So Complex, So Human
The yellow sheet of paper offers an easy-to-understand gateway into a complicated world for the ordinary renter. “Your landlord has started a court case to evict you,” it begins. Three short sections on the one-page sheet are labeled: Act. Get Informed. Get Help. The fact that, since June 2023, the sheet is being offered to…
Chief Norman wants your trust
Jeffrey Norman, a Milwaukee native and Marquette lawyer, emphasizes collaboration and community partnership.
University mourns the loss of Dr. Christopher Dix
Marquette University mourns the loss of Dr. Christopher Dix, clinical associate professor and group leader in the General Dental Sciences Department in the Marquette University School of Dentistry.
Marquette Bookshelf: ‘Sajjilu Arab American: A Reader in SWANA Studies’
Co-Edited by Dr. Louise Cainkar, professor of social and cultural studies Both a summative assessment of the field and an exploration of new directions, this multidisciplinary reader addresses issues central to the fields of Arab American, U.S. Muslim, and Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) American studies. Taking a broad conception of the Americas, this…