WILL Director of Education Policy, Libby Sobic, is the author of Empower School Board Members With Policy Solutions, a new publication from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The rising tide of parent engagement and activism requires policy thinkers to turn their attention to the local ...
Cutting through the noise about where Wisconsin education stacks up
How does Wisconsin stack up against other states in K-12 education? An eye-popping list from U.S. News and World Report ranked the Badger State K-12 system as the 8th best in the country. But this rosy picture contradicts ...
Communities across the nation are concerned that public schools are drifting from their founding ideals. During the pandemic, parents were provided a peek into the classroom and had questions about what their children were learning. The result has been a wave of parental engagement and ...
School district is charging students with sexual harassment for “mispronouning”
The News: Attorneys with the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a letter to administrators at the Kiel Area School District urging the district to drop a Title IX complaint and investigation ...
UPDATE: Governor Evers vetoed the Parent Bill of Rights on April 15, 2022. Governor Evers' veto message claimed the bill was aimed at "dividing our schools."
The Wisconsin legislature recently passed a Parent Bill of Rights and sent it to Governor Evers’ desk. Now, Governor Evers has the ...
The word “equity” is certainly the new buzzword in public schools. The U.S. Department of Education has prioritized “equity” and even holds an “equity summit.” The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction likewise devotes significant resources “equity,” ordering some school districts to hire ...