K-12 Education And

Higher Education

OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION

Policy Solution: Teacher Apprenticeships – Tackling the Teacher Shortage

  Click here to find a print-ready version of the "Tackling the Teacher Shortage" policy solution. We have a teacher shortage, but we did it to ourselves. College’s costs and complications encumber teachers with debt, don’t prepare them for actual classrooms, and keep the profession monolithic. This leads to worse outcomes for ...

IRG’s K-12 COVID Relief Audit Forces Public DPI Response

IRG’s K-12 COVID Relief Audit Forces Public DPI Response IRG Responds to State Supt. Jill Underly on Continued Opacity: “The Only Thing that Matters Is Kids” Delafield, WI - The Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) today issued a letter to State Superintendent Jill Underly expressing disappointment over the Department of Public ...

IRG Releases Transparency Tool for $1.49B in Federal K-12 COVID Relief

IRG Releases Transparency Tool for $1.49B in Federal K-12 COVID Relief Calls on legislature to conduct oversight of spending plans Delafield, WI. – Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) released an interactive database for taxpayers to see how Wisconsin school districts are allocating the unprecedented $1.49 billion of ...

IRG Announces New School Finder Tool for Parents

MADISON, WI. - Today, the Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) announced a new School Finder Tool designed to help parents find a school that fits the needs of their children. By entering your address, the free School Finder Tool - powered by Schoolahoop and designed by Lincoln Network’s Studio Department - gives parents quick access ...

Policy Solution: Get Right on Reading

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 cannot reach their potential without expertly teaching reading. By adapting other states’ ...

Analysis of DPI 2022 K-12 Test Scores

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 ...