August 11, 2010 [Madison, Wisc…] Wisconsin was a two-time loser in the federal Race to the Top program because the state has abandoned its once-strong commitment to innovative education reform, according to a new report by the John K. MacIver… Read More MacIver Institute Issues Report on Wisconsin’s Race to the Top Failure
[Madison, Wisc…] A new report by the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy shows that more than seventy five percent of Milwaukee’s K-12 students actually exercise some form of educational choice every year. “Critics have characterized School Choice as… Read More 3 in 4 Milwaukee Students Opt Out of Neighborhood Public School
[Madison, Wisc…] A new report by the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy shows that more than 200,000 Wisconsin K-12 students exercise some form of educational choice every year. “When Wisconsinites talk of school choice, they automatically think of… Read More MacIver Educational Choice Census Shows Widespread Appetite for Schooling Options in Wisconsin
First in a Series of Transparency Projects for Free Market Think Tank [Madison, Wisc…] Individuals who want to examine the financial relationships of members of the legislature can now do so anonymously and without having to travel to Madison to… Read More MacIver Institute Posts Legislators’ Financial Disclosures Online
Hold onto your wallets, folks. While the public focuses their attention on the man-made disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the man-made disaster of profligate government spending across the country is getting worse. At the MacIver Institute, we’ve discussed the… Read More Son of a Stimulus!
Our gavel to gavel coverage of the 2009-2010 legislative session in Madison was our inaugural effort at reporting news and providing analysis on what transpired in our State Capitol. Thousands of hours later, we felt it appropriate to look back… Read More And the Winners Are…(Part Two)
Our gavel to gavel coverage of the 2009-2010 legislative session in Madison was our inaugural effort at reporting news and providing analysis on what transpired at the State Capitol. Thousands of hours later, we felt it appropriate to look back… Read More And the Winners Are… (Part One)
When playing football against Zombies, don’t reach for the celebratory Gatorade bucket until all the time has run off the clock. Blame it on a combination of the lack of sleep as a result of monitoring late-night legislative sessions and… Read More The Bad Ideas Are Hard to Kill
Time is running out in Madison. There are fewer than a handful of days left for legislative ideas to become law in the 2009-2011 biennial floor session. Political insiders fondly refer to this time of year as the silly season…. Read More Welcome to the Silly Season
On Education, Florida Again Serves as Role Model for Wisconsin New Data Reaffirms Conclusions of MacIver Institute Report [Madison, Wisc…] New test scores reaffirm conclusions from a MacIver Institute study that Florida’s education reform policies should serve as a model… Read More On Education, Florida Again Serves as Role Model for Wisconsin