Category: News

DPI Unveils No Child Left Behind Waiver, Asks for Reform in School Standards, Accountability

by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The Department of Public Instruction presented their plans to free Wisconsin from No Child Left Behind mandates to the Joint Committee on Education Thursday...

Study: Wisconsin Has the Worst Science Education Standards in the Country

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The grades are out – Wisconsin is the worst in the United States when it comes to science curricula in the classroom. In the words of a recent study, our...

Stunner: Walker Recall Petitions NOT Available for Online Review

MacIver News Service | January 30, 2012 [Madison, Wisc…] The Wisconsin Government Accountability Board has not posted scanned copies of the Governor Walker recall petitions online despite promises to the citizens of Wisconsin...

State of Wisconsin Cash Flow Vastly Improved from Last Year

MacIver News Service | January 25, 2012 [Madison, Wisconsin] As Governor Scott Walker prepares to deliver his annual State of the State address Monday night, one area of improvement to which he could point is the status of the...

Thousands Turn Out for Pro-Walker Rally

MacIver News Service | January 21, 2012 [Wauwatosa, Wis...] What started out as an idea on Facebook mushroomed into a full scale political rally on Saturday as more than 3,000 people braved frigid temps to attend a...

Governor Unveils School, Teacher Grading Systems as Part of Education Reforms

MacIver News Service | January 19, 2012 [Madison, Wisc...] Governor Walker took the first steps in unveiling the state’s latest education reforms Thursday afternoon, discussing the final recommendations of three major K-12...

What the Wisconsin School Accountability Program Should Look Like

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst In the near future the final recommendations of three task forces dedicated to improving public education in Wisconsin are expected to be unveiled. This...

Democrats Turn Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission into Partisan Issue

By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Governor Scott Walker’s Waste, Fraud and Abuse Commission (WFAC) has issued their report and found a potential $445 million in savings for Wisconsin’s...

Given Concerns in States Failing to Make Progress, Did Wisconsin Win by Losing Out on Race to the Top Money?

By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Over a year ago, many Wisconsinites were disappointed when the state not only failed to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant money in...

Tracking Return on Investment in the “Green Economy”

MacIver News Service | January 16, 2012 ZBB Energy, a Menomonee Falls based green energy company, is in a race to bring new green technologies to market as it finds itself in the center of the debate over whether government...