Sep 29, 2022 | Press Release
The numbers are in: our students are not rebounding from the Evers administration’s school shutdowns. 14,000 fewer Wisconsin children can read well enough for college, a 4% drop. 103,000 kids across the state can’t even read at grade level. 9 Milwaukee...
Sep 27, 2022 | Press Release
Click here to view a printable version of our state agency budget analysis. MADISON, WI – Today the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released an analysis of the 2023-2025 budget requests submitted this month by state agencies, finding that the proposed...
Sep 23, 2022 | Press Release
Superintendent Underly’s State of Education Address described a world where diversity and equity consultants were schools’ superheroes in lieu of teachers and parents, where the neediest kids got extra help instead of being locked out of their schools, and where...
Sep 20, 2022 | Press Release
MADISON, WI. – Today, the team of experts at the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) announced the hiring of Elizabeth Evenson as Senior Policy and Operations Advisor. They also announced the addition of Patrick Hughes as Fellow in Corrections and Public...
Sep 7, 2022 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
Holding the Executive Accountable: IRG Launches New Series Aimed at Spotlighting State Agencies and Needed Reforms MADISON, WI – The Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) announced today the launch of a new series, Wisconsin State Agency 101, about educating the...
Aug 28, 2022 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
As Wisconsin students head back to the classroom this month, parents face a stark reality: other states handled COVID better and our kids are now way behind. Our top students no longer compare to the nation’s best, and even more troubling, our struggling students face...
