Browsing: Education

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

This study reviews the state-financed program of racial integration in metropolitan Milwaukee public schools. It addresses the cost of the program, the manner in which it has been implemented, and academic results

A survey of how 3,000 Wisconsin residents view public education in Wisconsin

Answers to the most frequently asked questions about mediocrity in American education and what can be done about it

By George Mitchell The financing of Wisconsin’s “Chapter 220” program needs to be reformed. Here are the reasons why: The…

The state’s most valuable – and undeveloped – resource