MacIver News Service | January 16, 2012 ZBB Energy, a Menomonee Falls based green energy company, is in a race to bring new green technologies to market as it finds itself in the center of the debate over whether government… Read More Tracking Return on Investment in the “Green Economy”
Some Progress Made on Closing Achievement Gap By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The U.S. Department of Education released the urban results from the 2011 Nation’s Report Card Wednesday morning. In both reading and mathematics, Milwaukee continues… Read More Milwaukee Public Schools Rate Amongst Worst U.S. Urban Districts When it Comes to Reading
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Wisconsin’s scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests are in, and while the results paint an optimistic picture for the state at face value, a persistent achievement gap and… Read More Nation’s Report Card Highlights Achievement Gap Between Student Groups in Wisconsin Schools
Wisconsin is better-than-average when it comes to standardized testing in America. If you expand that basis worldwide, the Badger State’s closest comparisons are countries like France, the Netherlands, and Poland. A new study from Harvard University details the standing of… Read More Wisconsin, United States Students Lag Behind Global Educational Leaders
MacIver News Service | July 28, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] WEAC, Wisconsin’s largest teachers’union, spent nearly a half million dollars in one day on behalf of Democratic candidates through their political aciton committee, the MacIver News Service has learned. According to… Read More In One Day, WEAC Spends Nearly a Half Million Dollars to Support Democrats in Recalls
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Local blogger and MPS teacher Jay Bullock had an interesting reaction to my latest op-ed for the MacIver Institute, “the title of this post is the sound of my head… Read More Wigderson Fires Back
MacIver News Service | April 15, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] MTI admits to organizing sick outs, according to the union’s March 4th newsletter. “Tuesday night, MTI Faculty Representative Council met in the largest meeting in several years and made recommendation that… Read More Teachers Union Admits Organizing Sick Outs
MacIver News Service | April 15, 2011 [Madison, Wisc…] MTI admits to organizing sick outs, according to the union’s March 4th newsletter. “Tuesday night, MTI Faculty Representative Council met in the largest meeting in several years and made recommendation that… Read More Teachers Union Admits Organizing Sick Outs
MacIver News Service | April 15, 20111 [Madison, Wisc…] Madison school official and union leaders did not enjoy the cozy relationship protesters at the Capitol portrayed to the media, according to an open records request by the MacIver Institute. The… Read More Emails Reveal Madison Teachers’ Union Behind the Scenes Strategy
MacIver News Service | April 15, 20111 [Madison, Wisc…] Madison school official and union leaders did not enjoy the cozy relationship protesters at the Capitol portrayed to the media, according to an open records request by the MacIver Institute. The… Read More Emails Reveal Madison Teachers’ Union Behind the Scenes Strategy