About half of Milwaukee Public Schools buildings lack full or partial air conditioning, risking learning loss. The district has no plan for major upgrades.
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Did Florida decide that its middle school curriculum will include that some enslaved people benefited from slavery?
Yes. Instruction includes “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”
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Is teaching the Bible in public school unconstitutional?
No. It is not unconstitutional to teach about the Bible in public schools.
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Wisconsin students with disabilities often denied public school choices
Wisconsin lets public schools reject applications of students with disabilities who seek transfers across district lines — a form of exclusion courts have upheld.
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‘Unwanted and unwelcome’: Anti-LGBTQ+ policies common at Wisconsin voucher schools
Many taxpayer-funded ‘choice’ schools in Wisconsin have anti-LGBTQ+ policies, often justified by Christian beliefs. And there’s little the state can do about it.
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Was Wisconsin’s public school spending the third-slowest growing in the nation between 2002 and 2020?
Yes. Wisconsin had the third-slowest increase in PreK-12 education spending per student in the nation between 2002 and 2020, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
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One in 5 could have dyslexia, but Wisconsin students, parents feel school support falls short
Often, people assume that dyslexia is just mixing up letters such as “b” and “d.” It can be that for some people, but that’s not the only symptom.
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Considering a Wisconsin voucher school? Here’s what parents of children who are LGBTQ+ or have a disability should know.
Private schools that accept taxpayer-funded vouchers have different rules from public schools.
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False alarm: How Wisconsin uses race and income to label students ‘high risk’
The Markup found the state’s decade-old dropout prediction algorithms don’t work and may be negatively influencing how educators perceive students of color
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Ban that prohibits incarcerated students from using Federal Pell Grants ends in July
A nearly 30-year ban on the use of federal grant money by incarcerated students will end this summer.
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Does Wisconsin teacher pay rank 31st in the nation?
No. The average public school teacher salary in Wisconsin was just under $60,000 and ranked 23rd in the nation, according to the latest figures from the National Education Association teachers union.
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Did Act 10 contribute to a teacher shortage in Wisconsin?
Yes. Act 10 — former Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 law cutting benefits and curbing collective bargaining for most public employees in Wisconsin — has contributed to the ongoing shortage of teachers in the state, according to multiple analyses.