Nov 2, 2022 | Administration, Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
Today, IRG is releasing the last of its Wisconsin State Agency 101 Briefings, highlighting everything you need to know about the Department of Transportation, the Department of Children and Families, and the Wisconsin Technical College System. This concludes our...
Oct 26, 2022 | Policy, Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
Click here to find a print-ready version of the “Get Right on Reading” policy solution. Wisconsin ranked 40th among states in reading when adjusted for race and income. Our state cannot be prosperous without fantastic schools statewide, and our schools...
Oct 3, 2022 | Press Release, Wisconsin Voices Blog
Last Thursday, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released test score data from 2021-2022, the best indicators we have of student learning loss from COVID and school closures. Here are some initial takeaways from Quinton Klabon, IRG’s Senior Research...
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...
