Education

State Superintendent Jill Underly and challenger Brittany Kinser met online yesterday in the first and only public forum before the April 1 election.

Little Chute High School in Outagamie County and Mound View Elementary in Dunn County received the inaugural Program of Excellence Award. The state award recognizes school counseling programs using data-driven solutions to meet the needs of students.

Students enrolled in science Ph.D. programs are typically paid and have their tuition covered. But with current federal funding uncertainties driven by the Trump administration, faculty scientists said they now have limited funds to offer students.

At a school board meeting this week, dozens of parents either spoke out or wrote letters opposing the district’s annual staff allocating process.

Republicans sent a bill to the governor’s desk Tuesday that would reset the way the state measures standardized test scores after Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction overhauled the system last year. Gov. Tony Evers has said he will “probably veto” the plan.

A dispute about putting police officers in Milwaukee Public Schools is over. Last year, Milwaukee Public Schools parent Charlene Abughrin sued MPS and the city of Milwaukee for not assigning […]

The De Pere school announced last week it plans to lay off about 30 faculty members. It will also cut more than a dozen majors and minors. 

Three more schools in Milwaukee are closing after staff with the city health department identified “significant lead hazards” when inspecting the properties this week.

A private Christian school in Milwaukee has grown over the last five years to become the largest recipient of funding through Wisconsin’s Private School Choice Programs.

Director Ken Brosky believes the UW’s two-year colleges are the embodiment of the Wisconsin Idea and should be supported rather than shuttered.