Category: Wisconsin

Private schools in Wisconsin’s voucher program would have to conduct employee background checks under a bill passed by the state Assembly.

Beginning this fall, 2,800 students at 25 Milwaukee public high schools will receive free wireless devices and free high-speed wireless internet connectivity thanks to Sprint’s 1Million Project, the largest corporate initiative to bridge the digital divide.

A school choice bill on a fast track in the Legislature would eliminate some accountability requirements for private schools in the state-funded voucher programs, including those that dictate standards for meeting average attendance and promoting students from one grade to the next.

Seven days before summer break, West Bend East and West High School saw an unusual staffing change: Four of the six English teachers resigned Friday, throwing students into a lurch before finals and prompting vast speculation about the cause of the departures.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in favor of a transgender student who challenged a Wisconsin school district’s policy limiting his bathroom usage.

Milwaukee has the nation’s longest-running, publicly funded voucher program.

The Trump administration has made school choice, vouchers in particular, a cornerstone of its education agenda. This has generated lots of interest in how school voucher programs across the country work and who they benefit.

It could be an office anywhere. Four colleagues are convened on a bank of sleek sofas, laptops open, critiquing a PowerPoint in advance of an upcoming presentation.

Four Madison public schools are blocking student access to a host of popular social media apps during the school day to test whether student behavior, school safety and grades improve with fewer online distractions.

A student who took Star Wars Day a little too far sparked the evacuation of Ashwaubenon High School Thursday morning.

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Wisconsin would boost its four-year high school graduation rates and cut the achievement gaps among students in half over the next six years under the state’s plan, made public Friday, to comply with the new federal education law known as the Every Student Succeeds Act.

The Wisconsin education department is about to release a far-reaching school performance plan under increasing scrutiny from the Republican-controlled Legislature and threat of a lawsuit over how the plan is being created.

If Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) has his way, the Badger State will become the first to stop requiring students in public schools to spend a minimum number of hours in class.

A proposal in Gov. Walker’s state budget appears to make Wisconsin the only state with no law aimed at guaranteeing students a minimum number of hours and days of instruction.