Wisconsinites’ health is deteriorating: Madison needs to wake up
John Torinus 38 Tom HeftyWe just received another wakeup call on health care in Wisconsin, where costs are too high, public health outcomes have plummeted, and our governor has hit the snooze button. In…
To what extent are school districts losing teachers they want?
Wyatt EichholzSecond in a series on the changing world of teachers and teaching. For the first report, see Wisconsin student enrollment and teacher staffing trends. Read report as PDF Teacher turnover…
Why the Badger Institute supports AB1 and reversing the DPI testing charade
Mike Nichols 38 Patrick McIlheranWe submitted testimony in favor of the Assembly’s Number One piece of business this week because, no matter how lousy our kids’ and schools’ test scores are, it’s both counterproductive…
Wisconsin student enrollment and teacher staffing trends
First in a series on the changing world of teachers and teaching Wisconsin’s public schools are losing students faster than districts are downsizing their staff, analysis of data from the…
Legislators want to give tens of millions of free lunches to students who don’t need them
Angela RachidiWisconsin state legislators recently introduced a series of bills to help working families across the state. Among these proposals is one that calls for providing free breakfast and lunch for…
Founding Fathers would cheer Trump Administration’s concern about federal grants
Mark Lisheron 38 Mike NicholsThe mainstream media has tried to turn the Trump Administration’s focus on federal grants into just another squabble between the two political tribes. It’s actually part of a much more fundamental…
Supreme battle shaping up over voter ID
Mark LisheronCould be circumvented by constitutional amendment Wisconsin voters will on the same day this April choose a new state Supreme Court justice and also decide whether the state’s voter ID…
Emergency ended; so should federal spending spree, says Johnson
Michael JahrSenator lays out for Badger Institute audience a plan to address deficits and debt Troubled by what he calls the insanity of unchecked federal spending, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says…
The naked truth about Wisconsin’s crazy meth infestation
Mike NicholsWe need to pay more attention to Wisconsin’s most insidious drug problem There are worse things than dying. That was the crazed, drug-induced argument of the naked-from-the-waist-down guy on meth…
A great deal of power is at stake in spring election for Wisconsin-wide schools post
Jim Bender 38 Patrick McIlheranState superintendent wields power to reveal information useful in improvement The state schools superintendent elected this spring will have a remarkable amount of power. Three candidates will be on the…