Browsing: Education

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Looking at Hmong children clearly shows that a functional, supportive family is still the single best barometer for educational success in our public schools.

A review of university course materials

As Wisconsin grapples with the question of educational reform, one area that has not been explored is the role of the schools of education and the certification of our teachers.

Moving from bureaucracy to accountability

What the textbooks teach

Public versus private

A profile of eligible students and schools

An agenda for the 21st century

The perception of the Madison school district is that it is one of the top urban districts. That’s why it’s so perplexing to find that black students are doing as poorly as they are in Milwaukee in Racine

Barriers to reform in the Milwaukee Public Schools

Public funds for private schools, early childhood through post-secondary

The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is one of the most talked about issues in Wisconsin and the nation, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is trying to kill it.

By John Wagner The State of Wisconsin has approved a significant expansion of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). Supporters…

How effective is the Department of Public Instruction?

A regional high school of excellence

By Tonia Devon, Ph.D., Rustum Roy, Ph.D. State programs in science and technology in the late seventies and eighties were largely responses by governors to the steady downturn in the manufacturing sector of the economy, which in the northeast had become a serious problem.  They were also responding to international competition and the perception that

Where does the money go?

It can be done

The Internal “Brain Drain” Reexamined