Education
Wisconsin is home to the oldest private school voucher program in the entire country. What began in Milwaukee now ...
For all of the conversation around education, student proficiency and academic outcomes can often take a back ...
Current school funding is a complex combination of state, local and federal aid. Funding in districts is largely ...
Curriculum transparency legislation would arm parents and taxpayers with the ability to access and review ...
During the Obama administration, the federal Department of Education began an unprecedented intervention into ...
The COVID-19 pandemic arrived in the United States in early 2020 – quickly disrupting every element of American ...
Latest in Education
- Wisconsin DPI Re-Defines Mediocre Student Achievement to “Meets Expectations”
- More on DPI’s Forward Exam Changes Noah Diekemper This week, Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction (DPI) unveiled yet another change to how “proficiency” is measured on the state’s Forward exams. This change, not the first in […]
- Gaming the System: Wisconsin’s Forward Exam Scores Now Useless Today, Wisconsin’s DPI released the 2023-24 Forward Exam scores for schools across Wisconsin. In the past, WILL has referred to these scores–and the report card built from them–as creating a “Lake Wobegone” effect where everyone is above average.