While the Governor’s decision to veto a tax cut for millions of Wisconsinites yesterday has garnered the most attention, slightly under the radar has been another partial veto that the Governor approved yesterday adding money for public schools for more than 400 years. Using great ...
WILL’s 50-state overview and study shows the funding breakdown of technical colleges, giving policy solutions on behalf of taxpayers
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) just released a new policy report, From Coast to Coast: A 50 State Review of Technical College ...
By: Libby Sobic and Will Flanders
Several education reform bills advance to the Wisconsin senate floor tomorrow. This blog addresses four different misunderstandings about the bills—AB 970 / SB 974, AB 963 / SB 962 and AB 968 / SB 964.
Expanding school choice programs will cost property ...
Libby Sobic and Will Flanders
As education reform gains momentum across the nation, particularly in Wisconsin, opponents of reform appear to be getting more and more desperate. In a number of different contexts recently, Wisconsin Democrats made misleading statements and told half-truths in ...
Will Flanders, Research Director
Friday, September 17, is a critically important day for school districts around the state of Wisconsin. Some schools in the Milwaukee Public School system have put up signs encouraging students to attend, and a popular lunch item - “mock chicken leg” - is on ...
By: Libby Sobic and Will Flanders, Ph.D.
Without fail, each state budget cycle always results in cries from the public school establishment that “we need more money in public schools!” Governor Evers continues this status quo assertion with his 2021-23 budget proposal for massive increases ...