Wisconsin’s top education official facing challengers on both flanks
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The race to become Wisconsin’s top education official pits the Democratic-backed incumbent against a ...
Wisconsin education leaders left confused about legality of Trump executive order on K-12
President Donald Trump's executive orders related to K-12 education are raising legal issues for Wisconsin's public education ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel5d
State superintendent skips forum while her challengers take questions on vouchers and more
Only Congress can shut down the department but efforts to dismantle it from within are already underway. Kinser said so long as Wisconsin continues to receives the federal education funding it ...
Washington Examiner5d
Education reformers push Wisconsin lawmakers to raise the bar for reading, math
“The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction recently ... “In short, the changes force Wisconsin to start over with education data after lowering the bar.” State Superintendent Jill ...
USA Today14d
Wisconsin's achievement gap for Black, white students still among worst in U.S.
As in previous years, 2024 testing data show Wisconsin had the largest gap ... Those are among the 2024 results of the U.S. Department of Education's National Assessment of Educational Progress ...
USA Today12d
What to know about Wisconsin's change in state test scores and the GOP push to restore previous benchmarks
Department of Public Instruction Superintendent ... Kelly Meyerhofer covers higher education in Wisconsin. Contact her at kmeyerhofer@gannett.com or 414-223-5168. Follow her on X (Twitter ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana8d
House passes education deregulation bill
and language requiring the Indiana Department of Education to develop cultural competency training that schools may use for staff. However, Smith spoke out against the legislation since it still ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette22d
Republican lawmakers propose bill changing student test scores back to previous benchmarks
Republican lawmakers plan to introduce a bill aligning state education ... Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Jill Underly made controversial changes last year. Each year, Wisconsin ...
Wisconsin Examiner12d
Trump orders Education Department to guide states on use of federal funds for school choice
One executive order directs the U.S. Education Department secretary “to issue guidance regarding how States can use Federal formula funds” to support K-12 school choice initiatives within the next two ...
Fox News9d
Department of Education doled out over $200M to universities to inject DEI into counseling courses: report
A $2.66 million grant awarded to Marquette University in Wisconsin allegedly used ... add that "many of the universities receiving Department of Education grants are using the funds to advance ...
The Times of Northwest Indiana1d
Deregulation bill seeks to cut requirements for teachers, education secretary
The leader of the Indiana Department of Education has been appointed by the governor since 2020. Prior to that, Hoosier voters elected the state schools chief. Behning said he believed the ...
Wisconsin Examiner5d
Education committee considers bills on test scores, money for local districts
In its first hearing of the legislative session, the Assembly Education Committee ... but the Department of Public Instruction does not have a lever to push that says ‘make Milwaukee better.’” ...