The calendar has flipped over to September, and that means back-to-school season is in full swing. For Wisconsin’s children and their parents, the start of this school year will be like the start of any school year – new academic subjects to master, new school supplies to purchase and a whole new set of teachers to get to know. Read More 2014-15 School Year a Turning Point for Education in Wisconsin?
The Assembly passed SB 95 early Friday morning, a somewhat controversial bill that affects several different aspects of educational reform in Wisconsin. The most discussed aspect of this legislation is a provision that allows standardized testing results to play a… Read More Senate Passes Education Reform Bill That Ties Teacher Discipline to Student Results
By James Wigderson Special Guest Perspective for the MacIver Institute It was interesting to read the op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from Mary Bell, the president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC). In Bell’s world, the state’s teachers… Read More Defensive WEAC Chief Has Selective Memory
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Teacher evaluations have long been more of a formality than a learning experience for public school administrators. Many of these sessions fail to accurately gauge how educators are performing in their classrooms…. Read More Wausau Report Highlights Need for Centralized Teacher Evaluations in Wisconsin
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The Fordham Institute recently published a study [LINK] that showed that Wisconsin’s schools have some of the easiest regulations to pass federal adequate yearly process (AYP) standards in America. Even with this… Read More Despite Soft Standards, Over 10 Percent of Wisconsin Schools Fail to Meet Federal Yearly Progress Measures
By Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst The Fordham Institute recently published a study [LINK] that showed that Wisconsin’s schools have some of the easiest regulations to pass federal adequate yearly process (AYP) standards in America. Even with this… Read More Despite Soft Standards, Over 10 Percent of Wisconsin Schools Fail to Meet Federal Yearly Progress Measures
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Legislators from the Senate and Assembly discussed a bill that would enact several school reforms in a quickly organized Committee hearing Monday morning. Senate Bill 95 contains ten different pieces of legislation… Read More Joint Education Committee Discusses a Range of School Reforms from Physical Education to Teacher Evaluations
by Christian D’Andrea MacIver Institute Education Policy Analyst Legislators from the Senate and Assembly discussed a bill that would enact several school reforms in a quickly organized Committee hearing Monday morning. Senate Bill 95 contains ten different pieces of legislation… Read More Joint Education Committee Discusses a Range of School Reforms from Physical Education to Teacher Evaluations
By Brett Healy MacIver Institute President Last month the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan took Governor Scott Walker to task for his “confrontational stance with teachers unions.” According to Duncan, WEAC, the state’s teachers… Read More On Education Reform: Debunking Duncan and the Journal Sentinel
By Brett Healy MacIver Institute President Last month the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan took Governor Scott Walker to task for his “confrontational stance with teachers unions.” According to Duncan, WEAC, the state’s teachers… Read More On Education Reform: Debunking Duncan and the Journal Sentinel