WILL represented Shepherd’s Watch in lengthy legal dispute over vacant building
The News: A non-profit finally acquired a vacant elementary school in Mattoon, Wisconsin, subject of a lengthy legal dispute over ownership, and intends to start a private choice school in the underserved ...
Students in Wisconsin, and around the nation, have dealt with two school years that were largely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Despite ample evidence that reopening schools was safe, teachers unions fought tooth-and-nail to keep doors shut; forcing students into virtual learning. The ...
Will Flanders, Research Director
Many have made the case that the pandemic increased the movement of families away from traditional public schools. Families are moving to nontraditional options, like learning pods, as well as to more established educational options, including public charter ...
Analysis finds effort to reduce racial disparities may be harming school safety
The News: A Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) review of the impact of a federal intervention in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) on school discipline policy finds suspensions dramatically fell while ...
Will Flanders, Research Director
The Assembly and Senate passed a common-sense reform to make data on school-level spending available to the public in a user-friendly, online portal. Assembly Bill 387/Senate Bill 373 received bi-partisan support in the Assembly, along with the endorsement ...
New review examines the role teaching licensing regulations may play in teacher shortage
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) issued a new report that takes a critical look at the way teacher licensing regulations may be contributing to a shortage of licensed teachers ...
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