WILL supported new law to develop online dashboard for public school spending
The News: Governor Tony Evers signed public school spending transparency legislation (AB 378 / SB 373) into law, Friday, initiating a new process to shed more light on how public schools spend public dollars. The ...
Will Flanders, Research Director
Friday, September 17, is a critically important day for school districts around the state of Wisconsin. Some schools in the Milwaukee Public School system have put up signs encouraging students to attend, and a popular lunch item - “mock chicken leg” - is on ...
New WILL study reveals pathway to student-centered funding system
The News: For too long, the value of Wisconsin students have been determined by a complex school funding formula that filters money to buildings and systems. Students are simply worth more, or less, depending on where they ...
Amidst statewide enrollment decline, schools that opted for virtual learning see largest declines The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) published a new study that reveals that school districts that started the 2020-21 school […]
WILL Policy Brief revisits how state law was thwarted by local actors for the last five years The News: A new Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) policy brief reveals how a state law passed in 2015 intended to make vacant Milwaukee schools […]
COVID interruption provides opportunity to consider, implement improvements The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a new policy brief, Needs Improvement: How Wisconsin’s Report Card Can Mislead Parents, to explain how […]