Sep 23, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
Appleton Public Schools revealed before the mid-October embargo date how students statewide are doing in reading. These numbers are unofficial but likely close to final percentages. Roughly 36.9% of Appleton students are on a college track compared to 37.3% in 2019....
Sep 16, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the Stevens Point Journal: “[Central Sands Community High School] now houses a digital arts lab, science lab, fiber optics room, mediation room, music room and a large room dedicated to woodworking and other arts students may request… ‘There are a lot more...
Sep 16, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What is the number one challenge facing Wisconsin today and why? Our education system is failing the next generation. Students are being pushed to the next grade, the next class, the next school, without achieving comprehension of basic skills like reading and...
Sep 16, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
IRG’s Take: “Americans are growing increasingly nervous and delaying major (even minor) purchases. Meanwhile investors are seeking safer havens as they play with our 401Ks, sending the economy further towards recession. At a minimum, talk of a “soft-landing” is...
Sep 8, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
Governor Tony Evers recently proposed some expensive, ineffective ideas, but, as children head back, let’s focus on where schools are serving students well. Good school systems have steady, high-quality teachers, excellent curricula, and direction toward useful,...
Sep 8, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
What happened? The Legislative Audit Bureau released its audit of the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) Broadband Grant Program last Friday. The audit focused on two specific grant rounds involving the use of federal funds from two coronavirus relief bills; the...
