Many MPS students are chronically absent
Mike NicholsMany — if not most — kids counted as enrolled in the Milwaukee Public Schools miss at least three weeks of class throughout the year. In some schools, nearly all…
Where the hell is Yuba?
Mark LisheronWisconsin’s smallest incorporated village is on a hill, and in a valley, too. Third in a series of profiles of persevering small towns in the Badger State. Yuba Fire Department…
Former MPS superintendent critical of $252 million referendum
“At some point, don’t you have to say ‘No’?” How in good conscience, former Milwaukee Public Schools superintendent Bill Andrekopoulos wonders, can the school district ask taxpayers for $252 million…
UW skirting law and undermining racial equality
Patrick McIlheranProgram 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…
Letter to the editor: Millville article was not about free markets
Badger InstituteA Badger Institute reader offered the following response to the story, Deeply rural Millville isn’t coming back — and likes it that way. I have to say I was surprised…
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…
Another reason to vote no on MPS’s big $252 million referendum
The Milwaukee Public Schools Board of Directors has scheduled an April referendum asking voters to authorize an additional $252 million in funding — a tough sell in a district with…
Plan to prop up Wisconsin newspapers sets off alarm bells
Ken WysockyAnalysis: Danger of government interference in proposals for ‘fellowships’ and grants to media With all the pressing problems facing Wisconsin, it’s difficult to imagine that state legislators would be even…
New Wisconsin bill directly solves the problem with growing healthcare costs
Daniel SemDirect primary care can complement insurance Healthcare spending continues to grow. Average per person spending was $13,493 in 2022 in the U.S., or $4.5 trillion total, according to federal data. Fortunately,…
Questions arise about legitimacy of plan to give every Wisconsin newborn money for college
$25 grants would be funded with excess from fees levied on some parents’ 529 contributions Two state Assembly members have proposed giving a $25 starter for a state-administered educational savings…