The United States Department of Education designates some schools "Blue Ribbon schools." The award honors public and private elementary and high schools whose students perform at very high levels as measured by state assessments – or they are schools with at least 40% of their students from disadvantaged backgrounds that improve student performance to high […]
Milwaukee, WI came in #13th overall in ForbesWoman’s list of the top 50 U.S. cities for "working women." The study looked at the 50 largest cities in the U.S. and ranked them based on women’s earnings, unemployment, crime level, health care and cost of living. Milwaukee’s individual rankings for the criteria are as follows: Women’s income: […]
Appleton, Eau Claire, Madison & Waukesha make CNNMoney’s Best Small City List. These Wisconsin "small" cities vary in population size with Madison coming in at 230,000+, Appleton at 71,000, Eau Claire at 66,000 and Waukesha at 69,000. Interesting that Madison is called a small city since it is the second largest city in Wisconsin behind Milwaukee. […]
2 major Wisconsin cities ranked in the top 101 cities for families in a Parenting.com study which ranked cities on health, safety, education and recreation. Madison came in with a fantastic #3 rating nationally and Milwaukee made the list at 76. It is always great to share good news about Wisconsin with our readers. If […]
Hey, that is good news anytime and it is especially nice now. Policom studied 20 years of data for 366 metro areas to determine stability and growth. "While most communities have slowed or declined during this recession, the strongest areas have been able to weather the storm," said William Firth, president of Policom. Madison, Wisconsin […]