Milwaukee Vs. Madison; the Power of Education

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The central lesson in a new study examining the fortunes of Madison and Milwaukee is this: Education matters.

The study by the non-partisan Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance found Madison had dramatically widened the gap in median family income over Milwaukee - a difference that stood at less than 10% in 1990 but had grown to nearly 80% in 2005. During that period, Milwaukee's once-dominant manufacturing sector declined while Madison - helped in large measure by the University of Wisconsin's flagship campus - broadened its industrial base, especially in biotechnology.

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Milwaukee Vs. Madison; the Power of Education

The report should be another spur to a collaborative approach to economic development in southeastern Wisconsin, which must include increased state and private funding f...

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