K-12 Education And

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IRG’s CIO Exposes UW-Madison’s Unconstitutional Faculty Hiring Program

IRG’s CIO Exposes UW-Madison's Unconstitutional Faculty Hiring Program Report Highlighted in Wall Street Journal Exposes TOP Program and demands answers and full transparency from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.   WHAT IS IT: IRG’s Center of Investigative Oversight’s report highlights new records, obtained by IRG, that thoroughly ...

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 ...