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- Building on the Wisconsin higher-ed reform model
- Wisconsin students who struggle with reading are let down by unenforced literacy reforms, say advocates
- Failure of tax-and-schools deal offers chance to do better
- Big federal bucks so far produce a paltry 21 EV charging stations in Wisconsin
- Behind the curtain, Evers administration diverts taxpayer money to fund environmental bureaucracies
- Wisconsin socialists’ dreams outstrip Sweden in price
- Socialists’ Milwaukee golden age and the light it sheds now
- Milwaukee Public Schools, facing crises, should close 25 schools, report warns
Browsing: K-12 Education
The polling shows more and more parents want that opportunity for their kids – and more and more other Wisconsinites believe the right thing to do is to give it to them now.
Reforms would expand oversight of federal funds, school and health care options, increase workforce participation.
Governor’s veto lays bare the doubletalk of the CRT crowd.
Unless kids are killed or maimed, gun battles at school are just police blotter items.
Milwaukee Public Schools are closed again, further depriving students of the classroom instruction they desperately need.
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

