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- Wisconsin’s childcare subsidies, regulations fail for families
- How a development tool can increase property taxes
- Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
- Why are schools that put kids more than a year ahead even at issue?
- Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
- Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
- It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
- Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors
Browsing: Education
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
Inflated claims, meager results
Anatomy of the Merger-The Elusive Search for Fairness at the Journal/Sentinel Read More… Off the Radar Screen: Wisconsin’s System for…
Another Look at Tolling Wisconsin Interstates Read More… Economic Issues and Native American Gaming Read More… Armchair Quarterbacking and Sloppy…
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.

