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Education Matters

We repeat Friday's Morning Show which featured UW System President Kevin Reilly, UW Board of Regents President Charles Pruitt and UW-P Chancellor Deborah Ford.

Host Dr. Dwayne Olsen's guest on today's show is Kathy Dunkerson, Director of Lighted Schoolhouse Program in Racine Unified Schools.

Linda Flashinski's guest on today's show are two longtime community activists who have worked on issues involving young people. They are: Cheryl Buckley and Debra Karp.

Today's show is a rebroadcast. Dwayne hosts. Guests are UW-P Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Fiscal Affairs Bill Streeter, and John Desch, Campus Planner.

Dwayne's guests today are UW-Parkside campus planner John Desch and Vice Chancellor or Administration and Fiscal Affairs, Bill Streeter.

Today's show is a rebroadcast.

August 26, 2010 marked the 90th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote.

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Dwayne's guest is Anthony S. Bryk, the first author of one of the most important books on contemporary American education---"Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago."

(A repeat of last week's show) Linda's guest today is Caledonia resident Jessica Michna, who travels across the country who gives "first person" presentations of famous women.

Linda's guest today is Caledonia resident Jessica Michna, who travels across the country who gives "first person" presentations of famous women.

Terry's guest today is author and illustrator, Lynn Cherry, originator, producer and director of the Young Voices on Climate Change films.

Chiwaukee Academy, a collaborative between UW-Parkside, Carthage College and the Kenosha and Racine unified school districts, is one of nine academies held around the state.

Linda's guest today is the Reverend Dr. Tony Larsen and the topic is Gay Rights in our community.

Rhonda Puntney, Youth Services librarian with the Lakeshores Library System.

Kenosha Unified's new superintendent, Michele Hancock, joins Terry Lawler.

In this interesting and varied dialogue, two Horlick High School graduating seniors, Alexandria Geisler and Jermaine Clemon, reflect back on their school years and look ahead to the future.

"Education Matters" hosts Terry Lawler, Dwayne Olsen, and Linda Flashinski discuss current educational issues.

Today' program is a re-broadcast of a previous show.

Terry Lawler's guest is Ken Jedding, author of the new book: "Higher Education: On Life, Landing a Job, and Everything Else They Didn't Teach You in College."

Don Cress, College of Arts and Sciences Dean and professor of philosophy at UW-Parkside. Dwayne will speak with Don about his UW-P career and his pending retirement.

Terry Lawler is today's host. University of Mass. Economist Nancy Folbre,

Psychotherapist Karen Carnabucci speaks with Linda regarding the stress on children and young people today and how parents, teachers, and those who work with youth can assist in easing stress in students.

We play part of a forum recorded earlier this year at the Kenosha Country Club that featured the four candidates running for two seats on the Kenosha School Board.

Judith Warner, author of "We've Got Issues: Children & Parents in the Age of Medication." Terry hosts.

Steve Brown's guests today are Bryan Albrecht, President at Gateway Technical College and also Tom Beebe, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools.

Linda's guest today is Kay Gregor, director of the Racine Literacy Council.

Host Steve Brown's guest are John Tinker, Dan Johnston, and Dan Weddle. This program was taped on location at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. They will discuss the U.S. Supreme Court case, "Tinker v.

Dwayne hosts. Prof. Todd Price of National Louis University returns to discuss a variety of current education issues such as No Child Left Behind, charter schools, and the federal government's "Race to the Top."

There is no Education Matters today because of the "WGTD Radio Theater" broadcast.

Joining host Linda Flashinski today is State Senator John Lehman, Chair of the State Senate Education Committee.

Today's Topic CYBER-BULLYING. Steve Brown's guest today is University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Dr. Justin Patchin.

Richard Marciniak, executive director of Racine Family Literacy, is Dwayne's guest. They'll discuss RFL's goals and activities and the future of the program.

"Teaching What Really Happened", by best-selling author James Loewen, takes history textbooks to task for perpetuating myths and failing to fully appreciate a multi-cultural audience.

"What is inclusion and can it work in the classroom?" That's the question this week's show will address with guests Dr. Stacey Skoning, Assistant Prof.

Host Steve Brown's guest is Chris Gerard, from Racine Unified, and the topic will be the "International Baccalaureate" Program.

Repeat program.

Terry speaks with Linda Nathan, principal of a Boston charter school, the Boston Arts Academy, and author of a book titled "The Hardest Questions Aren't on the Test." The book talks about her school's innovative ways that

Joining host Steve Brown today is Dr. Ben Leichtling, who is nationally recognized as one of the Nation's top experts in school bullying. Steve and Dr.

Host Steve Brown's guest today is Tom Toch, Executive Director of the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, D.C.

Host Dwayne Olsen's guests are Angela Peterson, College Readiness 21 Manager for Southwestern Wisconsin, and David Wolfson, Vice President of the Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges.

Terry Lawler's guest today are: Roberta Akalin, Ellen Kupfer, and Mary Snyder.

Host Steve Brown's guest is Bryan Albrecht, President at Gateway Technical College.

Dr. Steve McLaughlin, UW-P Vice-Chancellor for Student Services and Dean of Students, is Dwayne's guest.

Steve Brown's guests this morning is Dr. Tony Evers, newly elected Wisconsin State Superintendent of Public Instruction. They'll talk about Dr. Evers' and DPI's planned educational initiatives.

Chiwaukee Academy, a collaboration between UW-P, Carthage and KUSD and RUSD, is one of nine such academies held around the state.

A replay of a February 2009 program. Steve Brown's guests this morning are Kenneth W.

Steve Brown's guests are former West Virginia Governor, Bob Wise, who is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Excellent Education. Also joining Steve is Dr.

Steve Brown's guest is Tom Beebe from the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Education and the topic is reforming school funding in Wisconsin.