Browsing: K-12 Education

If you’ve recently filled out a school admission form, read a story in the local paper, or listened to a white politician talk about Latinos, then you may have heard the term Latinx.

The fury of parents aimed at local school boards across the country was stoked this week by a government whistleblower who says the FBI set up a system to begin tracking those angry exchanges at the direction of Attorney General Merrick Garland

The former governor reflects and responds to his critics 

With $800 million at stake, it’s time to finally dismantle the School Board and give control to a reform-minded leader

A refusal by MPS and the teachers union to resume in-person classes is a boon to other schools

Education Reform Letter to Wisconsin Lawmakers

Families turn to private schools as MPS ignores federal entreaties and keeps classrooms shut

The district failed to fund the curriculum and the teachers, but some MPS believers are pressing on

While NBA players tout education reform, Milwaukee school officials continue to rig the game.

Suspension policies advanced by the race-grievance complex harm both students and teachers

Six years after policy began, classrooms are out of control, teachers are afraid and students – black and white – are suffering

Cursive writing benefits learning and students’ brains

Bill would expand work, scholarship opportunities for young caddies

The district adopts a policy that keeps parents in the dark about their gender-transitioning children

Wisconsin should rethink its entire teacher certification process

Principal Julieane Cook of St. Martini Lutheran School on Milwaukee’s south side takes time out twice a day from her administrative duties for “sensory breaks” – where she works with special needs students because no additional staff or resources are available. Private school principals and administrators say in a Badger Institute survey that many special needs children in private schools are left behind because of inequitable allocation of federal resources. Click on the News tab at the top of the page to read the story.

Special needs students are left behind because of inequitable allocation of federal resources, administrators say in survey

Federal requirements in special ed are especially burdensome, educators tell Badger Institute in survey

Funding regulations hamper districts and don’t improve education, local officials say in survey

Paperwork takes staff away from daily responsibilities and educating kids, officials say.
By Julie Grace
November 13, 2017