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Wauwatosa School District to Close STEM Programs and High-Performing Charter School for Being Too White
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty is threatening legal action against the Wauwatosa School District and its Superintendent after they announced plans to shut down the Wauwatosa STEM School, currently ranked the third-best elementary school in Wisconsin by U.S News and World Report.
Policy Report: WILL Highlights Solutions to Social Capital Decline
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released a new report suggesting policy actions that can be taken by the federal, state, and local governments to support social capital. From Isolation to Connection is the third and final report examining the impact social capital has on Wisconsin communities.
More Property Taxes to Come? WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Taxpayers About Upcoming Referenda
WILL is providing a useful tool to inform voters about how the upcoming school referenda questions on the November ballot can affect their bottom line. WILL’s calculator was developed with data from local school districts via information available online and open records requests. Gathering that data also showcased some of the shortfalls in accountability and transparency that exist at the local level related to ballot referenda.
Parents Fight MPS to Protect their Children in School, Demand District Follows the Law
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed a lawsuit seeking a writ of mandamus on behalf of several parents in the Milwaukee Public School District. This civil action seeks to hold the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, which oversees MPS, accountable for failing to provide the number of school resource officers state law requires in order to protect MPS schools and students.
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.
Calculator: WILL Informs Wisconsin Property Tax Payers About Upcoming Referenda
Along with casting votes for President and US Senator, Wisconsin voters across the state will have school referenda to consider. These referenda ask voters’ permission to issue debt for something specific or to exceed the annual revenue limits set by state law, in either case by increasing voters’ property taxes.
WILL Files Amicus Brief to Defend Rights of all Wisconsin Student Athletes & Their Parents
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed an Amicus Brief in the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a case against the WIAA. WILL urges that the WIAA should be considered a state actor and bound by the state and federal constitutions.
Following Legal Actions by WILL, American Bar Association Removes Two Racial Quotas
The American Bar Association removed two racial quotas from its Judicial Clerkship Program following a Title VI complaint and a judicial misconduct complaint filed by WILL earlier this year.
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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Borsuk: Study rouses (but doesn’t settle) school sector debate
Alan Borsuk at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel takes a critical, yet fair, look at our most recent report on the economic benefit of school choice to ...
Wall Street Journal | School Choice Saves Money
A study from Wisconsin adds up some of the economic evidence.
The Wall Street Journal profiled our most recent study that looked at the $500 million ...
The Hill | Esenberg: Stein’s recount effort in Wisconsin is irresponsible and unwarranted
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg writes in The Hill:
"While Wisconsin law may need to be tightened, this appears to be an abuse of the ...
Wisconsin Interest | Esenberg: There was a time when conservatives cared about freedom
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg writing in the Wisconsin Interest:
"So I am not persuaded that the Trump movement is a misguided and ...
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Military-style voucher school denied vacant building
The City of Milwaukee's Board of Zoning Appeals has denied a permit for Right Step to purchase a vacant MPS school. Right Step is a military style program ...
Fox6 Milwaukee | Rick Esenberg on Judge Randa’s passing
La Crosse Tribune | Company suing to overturn Unfair Sales Act has history of violations
WILL attorneys have been hard at work this week after announcing they will be challenging Wisconsin's minimum markup law in court. The depression era law ...
Biz Times | Group challenges Wisconsin’s minimum markup law
Molly Dill, managing editor at BizTimes Milwaukee, recently wrote an article on WILL's fight against the minimum markup law, "Group challenges Wisconsin’s ...
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