Jill Underly, currently serving her first term as state superintendent, and Brittany Kinser, an advocate of the state’s private school voucher program and public charter schools, both advanced in Tuesday’s primary.
Category: Education
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Milwaukee school audit finds widespread problems hurting Wisconsin’s largest district
The Milwaukee public school district struggles with a “culture resistant to change” that has undermined its ability to function properly, disproportionately harming its most vulnerable students, an audit ordered by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers found.
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Will police officers be placed in Milwaukee public schools before Feb. 17 deadline? Not likely
It appears unlikely that the city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Public Schools will meet the Feb. 17 deadline to place at least 25 student resource officers in schools.
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Race for Wisconsin education chief lacks traditional conservative candidate
Overshadowed by the state Supreme Court race, the Feb. 18 primary for Wisconsin’s top education official could significantly affect the future of K-12 schools.
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Madison and Nashville school shooters appear to have crossed paths in online extremist communities
A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate in Nashville. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters.
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Milwaukee Public Schools still trying to recoup money from GOP official’s defunct nonprofit
More than a year after ending its decade-long affiliation with the Milwaukee Education Partnership, Milwaukee Public Schools is still trying to recoup money from the organization for work it never performed.Â
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Photos: Madison mourns after Abundant Life Christian School shooting
Here’s what it looked like as Madison residents gathered to support affected families and memorialize lives lost.
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Analysis: Six common factors in the school shooting at Abundant Life Christian
The shooting at Abundant Life Christian in Madison, Wisconsin, follows the same patterns as hundreds of other attacks at schools.
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Teacher and a teenage student killed in a shooting at a Christian school in Wisconsin
A shooting at a Wisconsin Christian school occurred in a study hall and was reported to police by a second-grade teacher. Police identified the shooter as a 15-year-old female student.
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US Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin parents’ challenge to school guidance for transgender students
Parents with children in Eau Claire public schools argued in a lawsuit that the school district’s policy violates constitutional protections for parental rights and religious freedom.
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A Lac du Flambeau tribe child was violently bullied at school. Now his mother is speaking out.
Years of racist school bullying culminated in an assault, prompting a family to move for their safety.
Posted inEducation, Government
Voters approve tax increases for many Wisconsin school districts
Voters in 107 Wisconsin school districts approved tax increases to benefit schools, a preliminary Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis found. Just 30 failed.