Jul 8, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. If you were King for a day and could wave a magic wand, what policy change in Wisconsin would you enact? I would revamp the state tax code. I would eliminate both the income tax and non-business personal property tax and replace it with a consumption based tax...
Jul 1, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What is the number one challenge facing Wisconsin today and why? If demography is destiny, Wisconsin may be headed toward economic stagnation. Our population is aging, growth is less than half the national average, and net in-migration is weak. In the next decade,...
Jun 30, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the University of Wisconsin System: “Among fall 2020 new freshmen, 5,240 or 20% were required to enroll in developmental [high school] math education. Of fall 2019 new freshmen requiring developmental math education, 63% (3,885 students) completed the requirement...
Jun 24, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
1. What technology or trend are you most excited about for the future? The realization among educators and young people that an education in the skilled trades is a key to a lifetime, family sustaining career that cannot be outsourced. It is no better or worse than...
Jun 24, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
The Supreme Court’s decision again recognizes the importance of allowing parents to choose the best educational opportunities for their children and ends archaic religious discrimination. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly rejected efforts to block the...
Jun 23, 2022 | Wisconsin Voices Blog
From the Milwaukee Board of School Directors: Important state Forward Exam scores won’t come out until October, but the previews are frightening. Green predicts college-track ability and yellow and red predict catastrophic performance. Only 14.6% of students look...
