Education

Some visa terminations have been restored at Universities of Wisconsin campuses following a sweeping walk back by President Donald Trump’s administration Friday. 

The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted Friday to allow high school student athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.  

Advocates for faculty and staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison said it’s time for collective organizing against federal attacks on higher education.

The author of the book “Medicine River” discusses the traumatic history of Native children being forced to attend American boarding schools for over a century and the experiences of her own mother at one such school in northern Wisconsin.

New state data shows chronic absenteeism rates fell from 19.5 percent in the 2022-23 school year to 17.7 percent in the following school year. However, the rate is much higher for students from low-income families.

For the last five years, the federal government has not penalized borrowers for not making student loan payments. But the U.S. Education Department announced Monday it would begin collections May 5 on student loans that are in default.

Several parent groups say plans to put a charter school at the former UW-Milwaukee Washington County campus is prioritizing profit over community.

Sen. Eric Wimberger, co-chair of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, joined WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” for a discussion about the released and forthcoming audits.

Wisconsin’s education department won’t sign or submit documents to the Trump administration certifying the elimination of diversity, equity and inclusion programs, state Superintendent Jill Underly told WPR on Friday.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Tony Evers’ partial budget veto that extended a temporary school funding increase by 400 years, despite justices previously calling it “extreme” and “outrageous.”