State Prison inmates and probation and parole violators illegally received nearly $2 million in federally funded FoodShare benefits, according to a new state audit. Read More State Vows Continued Crackdown on Foodstamp Fraud As Audit Discovers Problems
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst On Wednesday, the Department of Public Instruction unveiled data that showed that jobs in Wisconsin’s public schools had decreased by over 2,300 positions. A closer look into this data shows that three… Read More Milwaukee, Kenosha, and Janesville Make up over 42 Percent of State’s Educational Staff Reductions
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute Earth Day is almost upon us again and we will soon be treated to a stew of self-congratulatory feel-good activism and apocalyptic visions. The Earth is dying, so remember to… Read More Earth Day Activists Often Confuse Motion with Progress
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute The end of the legislative session always brings an amount of weirdness to the Capitol and this year was no exception. The full moon always shines on the last… Read More End of Session Not End of Union Hypocrisy
MacIver News Service | March 13, 2012 11:05 pm Wisc Teachers’ Union Officials Lay Out Bare Knuckles Political Concerns in Letter to Colleagues [Milwaukee] The leaders of the largest local teachers’ union in Wisconsin are seeking legislation that would allow… Read More Other Teachers’ Union Reps Steamed at MTEA, Say New Concessions Proposal That Would Help Them Would Also Aid Governor Walker
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP) unveiled the findings from the fifth and final year of their longitudinal study of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) on Monday, addressing a crowd of… Read More Teachers’ Union Head Suggests Higher Scores Mean Choice Schools Cheated
By George Mitchell Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute February 27, 2012 During the last year, three different reports have claimed to compare the academic achievement of students in the Milwaukee Public Schools with students in the Milwaukee Parental… Read More George Mitchell on Journal Sentinel Coverage of School Choice Data: Flawed Reports, Substandard Journalism
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Students attending private schools in Milwaukee with publically funded vouchers showed stronger gains in achievement than their public school counterparts, according to the latest release from a University of Arkansas sponsored, and… Read More Official State of Wisconsin Study Confirms Choice Schools’ Success
MacIver News Service | February 21, 2012 [Madison, Wisc…] Last Friday, Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess denied a request by the Walker campaign for more time to review recall petitions. Niess had earlier granted Walker a twenty-day extension beyond… Read More Organizing, Challenging Recall Signatures a Daunting Task; Less than One Week to Go
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute It turns out that perhaps not every parent is happy when teachers walk off the job to join a protest, or when teachers see a doctor on the Capitol Square… Read More Madison Schools Slow to Realize Need to Compete