Education
Madison public schools are changing [1] the process for independent schools to be declared charter schools. Windsor Elementary looks different after renovations [2]. UW-Madison will open a new research institute [3] dedicated to Big Data.
Development
A hotel and grocery store [4] are under consideration for development of the downtown MATC site.
Community
Madison cover band Hometown Sweethearts is playing several show [5]s this week to wrap-up a 15-year stint. Though a small marker has already been removed from a Madison cemetery, the Common Council will this week debate removing a 4-foot statue that commemorates Confederate soldiers buried there. [1] A new director will assume the helm of the Chazen Museum [6] next week, stepping in for the retiring director.
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Links:
[1] http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/wisconsin/2017/09/03/madison-common-council-asked-consider-future-confederate-memorial-city-owned-cemetery/612452001/
[2] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/local_schools/windsor-elementary-school-begins-new-year-in-dramatically-revamped-building/article_97454cdd-4df4-5ad7-903b-410843774294.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wiscons
[3] http://host.madison.com/ct/business/technology/big-data-will-be-focus-of-new-uw-research-institute/article_ea72f386-13c1-5dfb-b04f-4b7a32d5d7d4.html
[4] http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/developers-to-present-tweaked-plans-for-new-offices-hotel-at/article_5e4a4389-e8a8-5e10-b926-f386aeb841c0.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=wisconsin state journ
[5] http://host.madison.com/ct/entertainment/music/the-hometown-sweethearts-bid-adieu/article_f41032af-1e07-5015-bccf-2f1ae179abe2.html
[6] http://isthmus.com/arts/incoming-chazen-museum-director-amy-gilman-envisions-a-multi-disciplinary-approach/