Public Education
Open enrollment grows across Wisconsin to almost 10% of all public-school studentsThe popularity of Wisconsin’s open-enrollment policies continues to increase, amounting to more than 73,000 children outside their home district – or 9.1% of all public-school students – in the… Read More
Public Education
Michigan district demands $33 million to fulfill parent’s information requestA Michigan school district is under fire after demanding $33 million to grant a mother’s legal request for information. The Rochester Community School District (RCSD)… Read More
Christian Schools
Police: No individual specifically targeted in Madison school shooting(The Center Square) – No individual was targeted in a Monday shooting that left three dead, including a teacher, a teenage student and the shooter at Madison’s Abundant Life… Read More
Crime
3 dead, including shooter, at Christian school in Madison, WI(The Heartlander) — Three are dead and six others injured at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, where a shooter believed to be a student reportedly opened fire… Read More
Christian Schools
3 dead, including teen shooter, at Christian school in Madison, WIThree are dead and six others were injured at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, where a female student allegedly opened fire on Monday, just nine days before… Read More
Courts
Wisconsin mother lambasts school’s ‘barbaric’ racism against special needs sonA Wisconsin mother is taking legal action against her school district for racially discriminating against her dyslexic son by putting minority students first. Colbey Decker recalled how her… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court declines to hear parents’ challenge to school policy secretly encouraging gender transitions(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up parents’ challenge to a school district policy that secretly encourages gender transitions. Justices Samuel Alito,… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin taxpayers approve costly school funding measures in several regions(The Center Square) – Many of the state’s 137 school funding referenda passed during Tuesday’s election, including more than $600 million for the Madison Metropolitan… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin district closes thriving STEM charter because it had too many white students, legal group claimsA Wisconsin school district is in hot water for closing a successful STEM charter for the alleged purpose of “racial balancing.” The Wauwatosa School District (WSD) board voted… Read More
Public Education
Taxpayers face 137 school referendum questions across Wisconsin on Nov. 5(The Center Square) – On Nov. 5, there will be 137 school referendum questions combined for local school districts across the state of Wisconsin. Those include 57 for… Read More
Public Education
Latest Wisconsin school scores show school choice success, group says(The Center Square) – A school choice group in Wisconsin say the latest standardized test scores, even with the recent changes, show the choice is good for students. Read More
Public Education
Madison schools ask for more then $600M against declining enrollment(The Center Square) – The Madison school district wants voters to approve a pair of referendums worth more than $600 million on the Nov. 5 ballot despite the school… Read More
Public Education
ACLU introduces civil rights, race, gender toolkit for school use(The Center Square) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin has come out with a new resource kit for students, teachers and parents in public schools that outlines… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin voters ever more dissatisfied with public educationWisconsin voters are increasingly disappointed with their local public schools, a stark new poll reveals. Multiple surveys by the Marquette Law School Poll… Read More
2024 election
Voter ID loophole could undermine trust in 2024 election results, report warns(The Center Square) – A legal firm has identified what it calls a voter identification loophole in Wisconsin’s election system that it says could undermine election confidence and potentially… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin group sues Biden admin over race-based scholarship program(The Center Square) – There is another lawsuit over another race-based program from the Biden Administration with a Wisconsin tie. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee school enrollment down, students still behind(The Center Square) – A new report says most students in Milwaukee schools are not getting any better of an education now than they were 30 years ago. Read More
Public Education
Gov. Evers names education firm to head Milwaukee district audit(The Center Square) – A consulting firm with former public school administrators will lead the audit into Milwaukee Public Schools’ financial woes. Gov. Tony Evers on Monday named… Read More
Public Education
Ethics complaint filed in recall effort of Milwaukee school board(The Center Square) – There is now an ethics complaint to go along with the effort to recall four members of Milwaukee’s school board. The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin per-pupil spending up over past decade(The Center Square) – Public schools in Wisconsin are spending nearly $1,000 more per-student than a decade ago, despite falling enrollment and flat test scores. The latest spending… Read More