Calling all candidates: Filing window for school board, local government positions soon opens
School boards and local governments are always on the lookout for new candidates who want to step up and serve their hometowns.
School boards and local governments are always on the lookout for new candidates who want to step up and serve their hometowns.
There is an alarming number of missing and murdered Indigenous women (MMIW) in the state. Wisconsin, like much of North America, is only beginning to tackle this silent crisis. To start, the state created a task force hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ). Its mission: addressing the rates of “abduction, homicide, violence, and trafficking of Indigenous women in Wisconsin.”
Public school advocates say more schools would get an A if the Legislature weren’t getting an F for failure to fully support education.
Education advocates say the voucher programs have become a massive drain on public schools and want the state's highest court to take up the case immediately. As the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers a request to immediately take up a lawsuit that would eliminate...
The “extremist” group Moms for Liberty backed more than 130 candidates during this election cycle, but an overwhelming majority lost their races as parents pushed back on the organization’s far-right agenda for public education.
For the first time in decades, the national principal of the year is from Wisconsin. Brookfield East High School Principal Andy Farley said he is “tremendously and deeply humbled and honored” to be recognized in such a way. Farley found out he won the country’s top...
Participants on Tuesday discussed “the growing chorus of diverse voices speaking out against politicians and their far-right supporters’ attempts to attack students’ freedom to learn."
To address the issue and help schools and Wisconsin farmers, many of whom are struggling financially, organizations are partnering to better link farmers to schools.
Announcement comes as children account for the largest number of new COVID-19 cases in the state.
Supporters of the incumbents say the win shows most people don’t side with efforts to prevent COVID safeguards or stop the teaching of race and racism in schools.