Milwaukee’s list of half-used school buildings rises to 21
Patrick McIlheranBig high school using only 39% of its capacity The number of school buildings controlled by Milwaukee Public Schools that are most dramatically underutilized totals 21, a look at the…
Number of half-used MPS buildings up to at least 20
Capacity considered as district seeks $252 million in April referendum According to the Milwaukee Public Schools’ own figures filed with the state, at least 20 of the district’s schools had…
UW skirting law and undermining racial equality
Program that includes higher-income Native American families is result of virtue-signaling News comes of unexpected wrinkles in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s plan to prove its virtue with free rides for…
The amazing $100 million story of Aug Prep and school choice
Unlocking potential for thousands of children The news of a $100 million investment in a new school on metro Milwaukee’s north side by St. Augustine Preparatory Academy, a school participating…
Wisconsin employers’ outlook is gloomy, and that’s a warning
Expecting a raise? Temper your hopes, says new survey You can manufacture lots of things in Wisconsin: motorcycles, cheese, tissue, pool cues, even the kitchen sink. But you can’t manufacture…
As Milwaukee Public Schools seek $252 million more from taxpayers, a look at district’s spending, enrollment and staffing history
Wisconsin’s largest school district is planning to ask its voters to approve a $252 million annual increase in its revenue — and, consequently, spending — in an upcoming referendum. That…
It’s simple: parents know best
Parental choice and parental guidance are essential Conservatives are sometimes faulted for having one answer, school choice, any time education comes up. To be clear: School choice, the power of…
Could Wisconsin spend less, live better and be freer?
Our widely disliked and perennially foolish minimum markup law may at last go away Wisconsin has, in state Sen. Rob Hutton, a mad-eyed optimist, for the Brookfield Republican imagines that…
Wisconsin ranks 14th in attempt to foretell social mobility
Index uses existing measures of economy, social capital and other factors to predict opportunity; we trail Minnesota but beat Illinois A new study predicting which states are best equipped for social…
In Act 10 fight, unions don’t just want you to pay — they want power
Huge taxpayer savings are at risk, but beyond that is the question of who controls government, voters or organizers The unions’ lawsuit to overturn Wisconsin’s “Act 10” 2011 labor reforms…