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- Data center naysayers should consider what the future would have brought to Port Washington
- Game over: How a professor bungled the facts of Wisconsin school choice
- Superior coal terminal is latest victim of declining Great Lakes shipments
- Lead paint: The 50-year saga continues
- U.S. House defangs federal protection of gray wolves in Wisconsin
- Marquette poll finds 80 percent of Americans trust government ‘only some of the time’ or ‘never’
- Legislature balks as Evers demands millions for more food aid bureaucrats
- Two-thirds of Americans under 30 say people can’t be trusted, Marquette poll finds
Browsing: Education
Are Wisconsin Public School Teachers Really Underpaid? Read More… Rethinking Special Education in Wisconsin Read More… Family Farm Welfare Read…
No issue in Wisconsin government has grown faster in the last decade than special education. It has accelerated to a $1 billion per year educational program with little accountability
What are Wisconsin high schoolers learning about history?
The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the state’s flagship campus, is increasingly important to the future of Wisconsin. In a new century in which the economy is becoming ever more reliant on knowledge, the state’s lead university must be able to step up and better serve its constituency
Over the past generation, political correctness has advanced by leaps and bounds on our nation’s campuses.
A Vote Against Fraud Read More… The Return of “Free Speech” Wars to Madison Read More… Fly Fly Away Read…
Invest, Invest Invest Read More… Paint it Black Read More… Is Junior Ready for Kindergarten? Read More… School Cap Wars…
2+2=5: Fuzzy Math Invades Wisconsin Schools Read More… The 2000 Vote for President Read More… Assessing Wisconsin’s Infrastructure for the…
Who is leaving the state? Where are they going?
Options and Opportunities
Wisconsin’s teacher-led insurgency
A good value for taxpayers or a case of market abuse?
A further evaluation of the SAGE program
Can Wisconsin Raise the Bar? Read More… Painting a Different Picture Read More… Ethics and Rhetoric in Wisconsin Judicial Elections…
An Irish Education Lesson for Wisconsin Read More… The Rise (And Fall) of Third Parties Read More… Governor Scott McCallum?…
Criminals Escaping Affliction: Gerald Turner and Wisconsin’s Fair Employment Law Read More… The Devil’s Advocate: WMC, Brady Williamson, and Issue…
What It Will Take to Make It Work
Over the last decade no issue in Wisconsin has been more closely watched here and across the country than the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program.
Adults or Kids?: Inspecting the Rights, Responsibilities, and Privileges of 18-20 Year Olds Read More… The War Against Grammar Read…
A review of current issues and trends

