TRENDING:
- State should cut funding to public media
- Kewaunee power possibility adds to Wisconsin nuclear trend
- Taxpayers spared nearly $8.5 million in Wisconsin alone due to Trump administration order cutting aid to public broadcasting
- Local government regulations push price of a Wisconsin roof skyward
- Subject by subject, Wisconsin districts face higher rates of teacher turnover
- Milwaukee rents in national spotlight; rent caps not the solution
- Gov. Evers’ irresponsible budget
- Manitowoc and builder bend to make houses attainable
Research
The collected Wisconsin research conducted by the Badger Institute — home of the Badger State’s best work on economic freedom, educational opportunity and civil society.
By Roger Parks, Ph.D., Ronald Oakerson, Ph.D. Throughout the 1980s and into 1990, Wisconsin has labored over the twin issues of property tax relief and the control of state/local spending. The two concerns are interrelated, but differently focused. Effective property tax relief requires local tax restraint; otherwise tax dollars spent for relief may instead finance increases in
By Daniel Alesch, Ph.D. This is a case study of privatized general relief…
It can be done
By Richard Cebula, Ph.D. The purpose of this study is to estimate the…
The Internal “Brain Drain” Reexamined
This study reviews the state-financed program of racial integration in metropolitan Milwaukee public schools. It addresses the cost of the program, the manner in which it has been implemented, and academic results
A survey of how 3,000 Wisconsin residents view public education in Wisconsin
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about mediocrity in American education and what can be done about it
The migration impact of Wisconsin’s AFDC benefit levels: a re-examination
By George Mitchell The financing of Wisconsin’s “Chapter 220” program needs to be…
A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
The state’s most valuable – and undeveloped – resource
A survey of Wisconsin public opinion
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