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 environment for public ...
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 was a critical hearing ...
By: Will Flanders and Libby Sobic
For many years, Wisconsin has reserved the position of state superintendent of schools for someone steeped in union politics and promising the status quo. But over the past year, COVID-19 has turned many such situations on their heads and polarized politics ...
By: Will Flanders
While voters in the Wisconsin state superintendent’s race stuck with the status quo candidate, there is growing evidence around the state that voters are fed up with the current state of Wisconsin education, and are growing less willing to provide more money for ...
By: Jessica Holmberg
Gov. Evers recently signed two bills that increase public school choice in Wisconsin. SB 109 and SB 110 specifically aim to remove barriers to accessing Wisconsin’s largest school choice option, the Open Enrollment Program, by expanding access to virtual schools. The ...
By Will Flanders and Libby Sobic
The Milwaukee Public School Board adopted a plan to bring some Milwaukee students back into the classroom in April after more than a year of virtual learning. Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) are well behind other Wisconsin schools that have adopted in-person ...
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