Wisconsin Educational Policy Analyst Asserts State’s Failure in Race to the Top Predictable, Avoidable
[Madison Wisc..] Wisconsin’s failure in the Educational Race to the Top is tied to policy makers’ reluctance to...
UPDATE:
WUWM ran a four minute feature on our Educational Choice Census.
You can listen to it here.
New figures suggest that over 75 percent of Milwaukee’s K-12 population attend a school other than their traditional public...
In the state that pioneered the voucher movement with the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program in 1990, more than 25 percent of Wisconsin’s K-12 students now exercise some form of school choice every day. Our first Educational...
Later today, the State Senate will vote on Senate Bill 437, a bill relating to low-performing schools and school districts. SB 437 was introduced to improve Wisconsin’s chances of securing funds in President Obama’s Race To...
[New Berlin, Wisconsin...] Wisconsin’s educational system could see dramatic improvements if the state were to follow Florida’s education reform lead, according to a new report issued by the MacIver...
MADISON – Everyone pays when someone drops out of school. That is the sobering conclusion of a study jointly released today by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the MacIver Institute for Public Policy. The...
State policymakers who are interested in improving the quality of teaching in Wisconsin’s public schools should consider offering an effective alternative form of teacher certification, according to a research report...
MADISON – By overwhelming numbers, Wisconsinites think state government should cut spending rather than raise taxes to close the state’s nearly six billion dollar budget deficit according to a new statewide survey...
MADISON – The economy remains the number one concern for state residents, with 64% saying it is the single most important problem they face today according to a new poll released today by the MacIver Institute for Public...
