Corri Hess is a Wisconsin Public Radio reporter based in Milwaukee, where she covers K-12 and higher education. Corri’s work has been featured on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” She spent many years in print journalism, most recently as a state politics reporter at the “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.”
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Latest Posts
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Universities of Wisconsin to evaluate low-enrollment campus programs
The changes are based on recommendations from a $2.8 million system-wide third party financial review by Deloitte to assess finances on individual campuses.
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Milwaukee charter school offers optional 5th year of high school while paying for college classes
Pathways focuses on project-based learning. Pathways High now has about 170 students and is located on Milwaukee’s west side.
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‘Citizens by choice’: 36 Milwaukee Area Technical students earn US citizenship
The number of students in the program this year nearly doubled from 2023.
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Madison running community urges UW to alter plans on new $285M football practice facility
Track athletes and runners in the Madison community say the new space is too small, comparing it to a running track found at a health club instead of one at a Big 10 University.
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Federal complaint filed against Waukesha School District after ‘gender’ removed from policies
Two Wisconsin LGBTQ+ advocacy groups filed a federal civil rights complaint against the School District of Waukesha, alleging officials there are fostering a hostile environment by violating Title IX.
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Madison Superintendent named in whistleblower lawsuit in former district
Two former employees of Saint Paul Public Schools are alleging “misuse” and “misappropriation” of a substantial amount of federal COVID-19 relief dollars under the direction of their former employer, Superintendent Joe Gothard, who was hired in February to lead the Madison Metropolitan School District.
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Marquette University names Kimo Ah Yun new president
Ah Yun is the first person of color to lead Marquette, and the Catholic, Jesuit university’s second lay president in its 143-year history.
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New Wisconsin school report cards released
About 84 percent of Wisconsin’s public schools met or exceeded state expectations for the 2023-24 school year.
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Watertown School District changes transgender privacy, bathroom, sports policy
The Watertown Unified School District approved a “Gender Support Plan,” Monday, shifting to more restrictive policies for transgender students.
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Wisconsin school board wants to bring back legislation banning transgender athletes from school sports
The Arrowhead Union High School board’s policy committee met Tuesday and unanimously said they would support a resolution directing the Wisconsin Association of School Boards to advocate for “no biological males in female sports.”