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Sunshine Week: Records request illustrates lack of transparency of federal school funding
It would seem a simple question to ask of any public agency: How much money do you spend and on what?
Gov. Walker says he’ll decide on Opportunity Zone designations by March 21 federal deadline Editor’s…
Special needs students are left behind because of inequitable allocation of federal resources, administrators say in survey
Residents in high-tax states like ours are stung harder by cap on state/local tax deduction
Wisconsin’s ‘arbitrary’ exam scores fencing out many young professionals
Wisconsin ranks 38th in the latest state highway systems report.
‘I have to do a lot of paperwork and spend time testing my kids instead of teaching my kids’
Federal requirements in special ed are especially burdensome, educators tell Badger Institute in survey
Badger State requires higher score on national exam than most other states
Priorities should include tax reform, corrections, professional licensure and tolling
Funding regulations hamper districts and don’t improve education, local officials say in survey
Several regulations removed from the books, freeing professionals from onerous and unneeded requirements
Paperwork takes staff away from daily responsibilities and educating kids, officials say.
By Julie Grace
November 13, 2017
Hordes of Wisconsin government workers are employed to ‘check boxes’ for the feds