Bills Increase Access to Open Enrollment, Expanding Public School Choice

Apr 1, 2021 | WILL News

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...

STUDY: Spring 2020 School Closures May Result in $7 Billion Lifetime Earnings Loss to Wisconsin Students

Feb 11, 2021 | General, K-12, Press Releases

Cost of incomplete curriculum reveals impact of school closures, virtual learning The News: A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) estimates that spring 2020 school closures and incomplete curriculums could cost Wisconsin students more...

STUDY: Wisconsin School Districts That Started School Year Virtually Experience Greatest Enrollment Declines

Dec 16, 2020 | Education in WI, Education Reform, K-12, Press Releases, WILL News

Amidst statewide enrollment decline, schools that opted for virtual learning see largest declines The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) published a new study that reveals that school districts that started the 2020-21 school year...

Study: Unions, Politics Appear to Drive Fall School Reopening Decisions in Wisconsin

Nov 16, 2020 | Education in WI, Education Reform, K-12, Press Releases, WILL News

Local presence of COVID-19 not predictive of district decisions   The News: A new study from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) found that the presence of a teachers union and the politics of a particular region, not necessarily the local...