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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

Following institute’s story, Gov. Scott Walker asks Department of Public Instruction to resubmit Wisconsin federal funding plan.

Admitting students with little chance to graduate helps no one; tying UW System funding to graduation rates would force change.

Managing federal education dollars is costing Wisconsin taxpayers millions and benefiting children hardly at all.

Institute releases data on the federalization of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Many Wisconsin high school graduates arrive at college unprepared and end up in remedial math and writing classes, which makes completing a degree unlikely.