It’s Time to be Rational about COVID-19 in Wisconsin

Jul 29, 2021 | WILL News

Will Flanders, Ph.D. Research Director, Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty Across the nation, there is growing momentum behind bringing back COVID-19 restrictions.  Recently, the CDC updated it’s guidance to say that even those who have been vaccinated...

Limit UI Benefits to Get Wisconsin Back to Work

May 17, 2021 | General, WILL News

Will Flanders, Research Director As the United States comes out of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the policies put in place at its height are no longer useful for economic recovery.  Among these policies is the additional $300 being paid to unemployed workers that...

‘Miller Time’ Needs to Be Over in Milwaukee Public Schools

May 10, 2021 | Education Reform, K-12, WILL News

Will Flanders, Research Director WILL Libby Sobic, Education Policy Director, WILL Last week in the Journal Sentinel, former MPS President Larry Miller wrote a response to Northwestern CEO John Schlifske’s recent piece on the educational landscape in Milwaukee. Using...

Milwaukee’s Latest Insult to High-Performing Public Charter Schools

May 3, 2021 | Education Reform, WILL News

Will Flanders, Ph.D. Recently, Milwaukee College Prep (MCP) charter schools and Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) failed to make an agreement for continued authorization. This ends a ten year relationship between MCP and MPS, and once again highlights the horrific...

Three Takeaways from Assembly Education Committee Hearing

Apr 28, 2021 | WILL News

Will Flanders, Research Director Yesterday, the Assembly Committee on Education held an informational hearing where the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) attempted to explain school financing in the state of Wisconsin. This...