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...
Aug 25, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. If you were King or Queen for a day and could wave a magic wand, what policy change in Wisconsin would you enact? Ensure every kid has supportive parents at home and the ability to read. Do that and I think we’d be amazed at the number of other problems that...
Aug 25, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: “The ‘Wisconsin Tuition Promise’ program will be open to full-time, in-state students whose family income is below $62,000… Officials said they will go forward with it whether or not they get state money specifically for it...
Aug 20, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the Wall Street Journal: “The labor force is about 600,000 smaller than in early 2020, when Covid-19 triggered a deep but short recession. It is several million smaller if you adjust for the increase in population. After approaching pre pandemic levels earlier...
Aug 19, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From Time: “’For seven years in a row, Oakland was the fastest-gaining urban district in California for reading [because of phonics],’ recalls Weaver. ‘And we hated it.’ The teachers felt like curriculum robots—and pushed back. ‘This seems dehumanizing, this is...
Aug 19, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. If you were King or Queen for a day and could wave a magic wand, what policy change in Wisconsin would you enact? To be clear, if I were “King for a day” I would immediately abdicate and call for a democratic election, separation of powers, and a written...
