K-12 Education And

Higher Education

OUR POLICY SOLUTIONS ON K-12 AND HIGHER EDUCATION

IRG Hires Senior Research Director Quinton Klabon

Madison, Wis. — The Institute for Reforming Government has hired Quinton Klabon to be Senior Research Director to develop K-12 and higher education policy solutions for Wisconsin. He can be reached at [email protected]. Quinton worked for seven years at Saint Marcus Lutheran School in Milwaukee, one of Wisconsin's only five-star ...

IRG Submits Public Comment on Proposed Anti-Charter School Federal Regulations

The letter can be found here and below: Dr. Miguel Cardona Secretary of Education US Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202  RE: Docket ID ED-2022-OESE-0006  To Secretary Cardona:  For 15 years, there was peace in Washington on the matter of charter schools. Democrats and  Republicans, parents and ...

IRG Applauds Bold Education Reform Legislation That Empower Parents

Madison, Wis. — The Institute for Reforming Government (IRG) applauded visionary K-12 education reform bills introduced by Republicans in the Legislature Wednesday, led by Sens. Alberta Darling, Roger Roth, and Reps. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, Bob Wittke, and Rick Gundrum. The legislation focuses on fixing schools and providing families more choices ...

Policy Solution: Empower Parents for K-12 Education Reform

PROBLEM: Too many children in Wisconsin are being left behind by their public school, especially those in Milwaukee and Madison. Wisconsin’s racial achievement gaps are routinely found to be either the worst in the nation or very near it. Congressman Mike Gallagher recently noted in a comprehensive analysis of the crisis that ...

Policy Solution: Helping Students Read

THE PROBLEM: Too many Wisconsin children struggle to read, creating an educational, moral, and workforce crisis.  The problem is getting worse: > Roughly two out of every three fourth graders in Wisconsin are not proficient in reading. > Wisconsin ranks last in the country for reading proficiency for black ...