Browsing: Education

Students learn less and earn less when they have less incentive to actually study in order to get top grades.

In 1969, nearly nine out of 10 American children lived in households with two married parents. By 2023, that figure had fallen to roughly six in 10.

There is new evidence that some students hurt themselves economically by going to college — a fact Republicans are using to limit student loans.

The University of Wisconsin System this month opened the door for its campuses to begin offering faster, cheaper three-year degrees.

Nine policy recommendations for Wisconsin schools to keep teaching talent by correcting the conditions that lead to teacher loss.

Facing a difficult market for hiring teaching talent, leaders of Wisconsin independent schools are developing useful strategies even as they look to the state for fundamental policy and financial reforms.

Wisconsin’s public school teachers are leaving their classrooms at higher rates than they have in more than 25 years. Here, we present their voices.

The average GPA for undergraduate students at Wisconsin’s flagship university increased to 3.48 in the recently completed fall semester — up from 3.28 just 10 years ago.

All 13 four-year University of Wisconsin System schools impose an ethnic studies requirement in order to graduate.

Republican lawmakers managed to pass a conservative-coded policy in a purple state with a Democratic governor. It’s all well and good to point to Florida or Texas and wish that every state could do likewise. Unfortunately, not every state capitol boasts a conservative governor ready to pick controversial fights backed up by a large Republican majority. Wisconsin demonstrates that even purple states can win meaningful, albeit limited, conservative victories.

Per-pupil spending by Wisconsin school districts is at its highest level since 2000 even after adjusting for inflation, according to data from the Department of Public Instruction.

Good teachers are essential to school effectiveness and student achievement. What role does character formation play in keeping such educators in the classroom?

Time can be better spent on other things like AI Here’s a question I hope somebody asks anyone who applies…

School-aged children make up a steadily falling share of Wisconsin’s population, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures.

Wisconsin’s count of 421 school districts has been mostly steady for decades, but it’s far below the figures of a century ago, when the Badger State was divided into more than 7,000 school districts.

A University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of education policy revealed a grave misunderstanding of school choice as practiced here — and in the process slandered the Wisconsinites who educate more than 60,000 children.

Nearly 50 years after the U.S. government banned lead-based paint, Milwaukee Public Schools officials have again been trying to cover up or remove the toxic substance that parents likely presume was dealt with long ago.

Enrollment in private schools by students using parental school choice programs in Wisconsin increased by 4 percent to 60,972 in 2025.

As math proficiency continues to decline in Wisconsin schools, the Legislature is considering a plan to improve numeracy.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is facing a crisis of confidence after accusations of gutting academic standards, manipulating report cards, slacking on fiscal oversight and bungling oversight of sexual misconduct among teachers.