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Advice for Districts: Don’t Give More Tests — Give the Right Tests

Michelle Odemwingie & Jennifer Vranek

Survey: Wisconsin Child Care Providers Forecasts Closures, Tuition Hikes Without State Support

Erik Gunn

Head Start Providers Shocked as Federal Office Serving Wisconsin Shuts Without Notice

Erik Gunn

Act 10, Scourge of Wisconsin Teachers, Faces Uncertain Future in Court

Kevin Mahnken

Head Start Child Care Funds Stop For Some Wisconsin Providers, Leaving Them Hanging

Erik Gunn

Proponents Say Universal School Meals Could Fill in the Gaps for Wisconsin Students

Baylor Spears

Wisconsin School Violated Seclusion and Restraint Policies, Investigation Finds

Baylor Spears

Evers Announces Request for Independent Audit of Milwaukee Public Schools

Baylor Spears

Universities Try 3-Year Degrees To Save Students Time, Money

Elaine S. Povich

Wisconsin Child Care Providers Hang On, Renew Call For Strong Public Support

Erik Gunn

Wisconsin Set to Offer Free Driver Education to Students in Need

PrincessSafiya Byers

Evers Signs Bill to Protect Students Against Strip Searches, Sexual Misconduct

Baylor Spears

Research Study: Perception of Neighborhood Safety Can Shape Infant and Maternal Outcomes

K.C. Compton

Child Care Providers Say They’re Equipped to Help Teach 4-Year-Old Kindergarten

Erik Gunn

New Report by the Century Foundation: The Child Care Cliff Meant the End of Federal Funds — But Some States Are Stepping In to Fix That

Rebecca Gale

Milwaukee Begins New Approach to Improve Lives of Black Men and Boys

Jonmaesha Beltran

Jill Underly Talks Diversity, Censorship and Challenges Facing Wisconsin Schools

Ruth Conniff

GOP Bill Would Encourage Out-Of-State UW Students to Vote at Home

Henry Redman

Wisconsin Considers Prosecuting Teachers and Librarians for ‘Obscene’ Books

Isiah Holmes

UW-Madison Announces Program to Cover All Costs for Native American Students

Henry Redman

Proposed Legislation Would Notify Parents of Child Library Checkouts

Isiah Holmes

Few Parents Received Transportation Stipends Promised by Milwaukee Public Schools

Jonmaesha Beltran

Republican Bills Penalize Schools for Free Speech Violations, End Race-Based Aid

Baylor Spears

Wisconsin Residents, Advocates React to Removal of Books from Schools

Isiah Holmes

End of Pell Grant Ban Clears the Way for New Wave of Prison Education Programs

Wayne D’Orio

Wisconsin Teacher Turnover Rises Sharply, New Report Finds

Baylor Spears

Panelists Talk Districts’ Challenges and the Looming Fiscal Cliff

Mebane Rash

Wisconsin District Could Owe Services After Cutting Trans Student’s In-School Learning

Linda Jacobson

How Parent Power Won Increased Funding for Wisconsin Schools

Brittany Kinser

Wisconsin Schools Report Almost 6,000 Seclusion and 7,000 Restraint Incidents

Baylor Spears

Wisconsin Child Care Providers Warn Loss of Funding Could Force Centers to Close

Christina Lieffring

Wisconsin Gov. Evers Signs Shared Revenue and School Choice Voucher Funding Bill

Baylor Spears

Wisconsin Law Would Allow Prosecution of School Staff Over ‘Inappropriate’ Books

Isiah Holmes

Ban Prohibiting Incarcerated Students From Using Pell Grants Ends in July

Devin Blake

Free Speech Survey—Majority of College Students Afraid to Express Views in Class

Henry Redman

Schools’ New Normal: Teacher Shortages, Repeat Meals, Late Buses, Canceled Classes

Marianna McMurdock, Joshua Bay & Meghan Gallagher

Wisconsin School Libraries to Reap Record Payout from Public Lands Investments

Erik Gunn

Colleges Asking All Students to Complete Survey About Free Speech on Campus

Henry Redman

Virtual School Enrollment Kept Climbing Even As COVID Receded, New Data Reveal

Asher Lehrer-Small

Wisconsin Re-Elects Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, Derails Push for School Vouchers

Beth Hawkins

Badger State Bellwether? If Purple Wisconsin Goes Red, Expect School Voucher Boom

Beth Hawkins

‘It’s Something We Owe.’ Madison Church Pays ‘Voluntary Tax’ to Indigenous Nations

Frank Vaisvilas & Isaac Trussoni

Wisconsin Schools Are Not Meeting State Mandate on Native American Education

Terrence Falk

‘Academic Career Plans’ Have Students Exploring Careers as Early as Kindergarten

David Tobenkin

UW System Announces Program to Pay Tuition and Fees for Underserved Students

Henry Redman

Wisconsin School District Rejects Book About Japanese Internment

Bill Lueders

‘Those Children Probably Aren’t Going to be Eating’: Family Child Care Providers Prepare for Food Program Cliff

Elliot Haspel

Racial Disparities Persist In Milwaukee Public Schools

Sam Woods

States, Time to Step Up on Child Care

Elliot Haspel

Governor Blocks Bill That Would Ban Public Schools From Teaching Harms of Racism

Erik Gunn

When Schools Call the Cops on Students

Clare Amari, Corey Mitchell, Joe Yerardi, Susan Ferriss, Angelica Euseary & Robert Chappell

1M HS Grads Skipped College in 2020. Only Tiny Fraction Re-Enrolled in 2021

Asher Lehrer-Small

A Teacher Reflects on Her Pandemic Experience

Hope Kirwan

Drop Out or Drown in Debt? Black Students’ Stark Choices in Paying for College

Alyssa Huglen

Virtual Classrooms: How One Teacher Is Connecting With Her 6th-Graders Via Zoom

Hope Kirwan

Families Face Steep Truancy Fines, Contentious Court Battles As Pandemic Creates School Attendance Barriers

Mark Keierleber

School Without Walls: Program Created by 110-Year-Old Black Church Becomes ‘Lifesaver’ for Wisconsin Parents

Zoë Kirsch

Learning Early to ‘Taste the Stillness’ Can Set a Child Up for Lifelong Well-being

K.C. Compton