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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 Agency 101 series, explaining the basics of the 20 largest state agencies in ...
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 Director:
1. Statewide reading went down from 41% to 37% college-ready. In other ...
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 Public Schools don't have a single student proficient in math, and their best schools have ...
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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 requests would increase government spending by more than $7.5 billion.
At a ...
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 Wisconsin spent pennies on education rather than being 17th nationally. In the ...
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 public on Wisconsin’s executive branch, explaining the functions, problems, ...