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The Common Core State Standards: How did we get here?
The math and language benchmarks can be traced back to the seminal "A Nation at Risk."
Jaimes Johnson: Grassroots efforts can fight racial disparities
The key to addressing complex issues is to take a grass-roots approach, and to cast a wide net.
Utter mendacity on Sherman's march -- State Journal editorial from 150 years ago
This State Journal editorial was published on Dec. 22, 1864, one day after Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had successfully marched his troops through Georgia, capturing the port of Savanna…
Mitch Henck: Madison follies abound Downtown
It was amusing as well as disturbing to read last week in Bill Novak’s piece in the State Journal that two homeless men were caught trying to sleep on the second floor of the City-County Building.
Doug Moe: Coming to grips with The Clapper
One of the most wonderfully stupid retail products ever makes a comeback.
Chris Rickert: A lot of sound and fury — but no ordinance — in Madison Metro gun ban
It should be clear by now that in America the question of where people can have their guns is anything but minor.
Travel: Calendar
Coming in Wisconsin this week:
Garden calendar | For the week of Dec. 21
Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.
Rajesh Rajaraman: Private investors can help build more affordable housing
It has been six years since the financial crisis plunged us into the Great Recession. The recovery has been slow and steady, but uneven.
Eric Frydenlund: A dog’s perspective is our gift
Our new dog, Fargo, is chewing on my slippers. He’s showing the sort of disdain for authority that only a dog can achieve and still elicit a smile.
Packers: Eagles' loss puts Lions in playoffs
The Lions clinched their second playoff berth in the last 14 seasons when Philadelphia lost to Washington on Saturday.
Tom Oates: Today's game against lowly Tampa Bay suddenly crucial
TAMPA, Fla. — Since hanging 50-plus points on Chicago and Philadelphia in back-to-back games following their bye week, the Green Bay Packers have played nothing but close games.
Prep sports: Matthew Dutcher’s late goal gives Monona Grove a victory
Matthew Dutcher scored his second goal of the game with only 20 seconds left in regulation Saturday, giving the Monona Grove boys hockey team a 3-2 victory over Mequon Homestead in a non-confe…
Prep boys basketball: Stoughton gives Wisconsin Lutheran quite a scare
The visiting Stoughton boys basketball team gave defending WIAA Division 2 state champion Wisconsin Lutheran all it could handle Saturday.
Prep girls basketball: Middleton survives overtime scare to remain undefeated
The Middleton girls basketball team survived an overtime scare against visiting Madison Memorial on Saturday night to remain undefeated and tied for the Big Eight Conference lead.
Prep girls basketball: Cassidy Byrd helps DeForest girls remain unbeaten
The DeForest girls basketball team made staying perfect look easy on Saturday.
Attorney: GAB was told from the start of DA contact with staff in John Doe probe
In a statement Saturday, attorney Paul Schwarzenbart, who is representing the GAB and chief counsel Kevin Kennedy, responded to allegations in a lawsuit filed earlier this year by Wisconsin Cl…
Protesters mingle peacefully with shoppers at West Towne
Madison’s Young Gifted and Black Coalition hosted a march Saturday that culminated with a 16-minute "die-in" held in the West Towne food court in response to recent killings of black men by po…
