Education
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Menomonie School Board Ends Mandatory COVID Contact Quarantines, Leaves Decision With Parents
The vote comes after the school board voted twice last month against requiring masks amid a nationwide surge of the Delta COVID-19 variant.
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Most Wisconsin School Districts Aren’t Requiring Masks. There Are Already Outbreaks.
With school barely back in session, hundreds of kids and staff are already COVID-positive or quarantined across Wisconsin.
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DPI Hints That Schools Might Face Lawsuits If They Don’t Require Masks
Letter offers a thinly veiled warning about running amok of federal investigations into school mask bans and the Americans With Disabilities Act’s equal education policy.
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After National Lambasting, Waukesha Schools Opt Back Into Free Meals Program
One board member who refused to change his stance told his colleagues to “find their fortitude and their spine.”
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‘Our Hopes Lie With All of You’: 500 Wisconsin Pediatricians Call on Schools to Require Masks
With the school year just around the corner and COVID-19 cases surging, medical experts say it’s key to require masks in schools.
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‘It’s Part of Who I Am’: Education Advocates Slam Bills That Would Whitewash History Classes
Sponsors say discussions of institutional racism and implicit bias will make white people feel bad.
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UW System Faces Uphill Battle After State Funding Freeze, Pandemic, Reports Find
Wisconsin needs strong schools to attract and maintain a healthy workforce, but the state’s top two research facilities face numerous struggles.
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GOP Budget Includes School Spending Increase, Tax Cuts—but There Are a Few Big Catches
GOP lawmakers say they’ve increased funding for schools and cut taxes for the middle class. It’s true on paper, but leaves out some key context.
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‘I Feel Like We’re Being Punished’: Schools Push Back Against GOP Budget Plan
Wisconsin faces a $4.4 billion surplus over the next three years, but Republicans are providing just a $128 million school funding boost. Evers proposed $1.6 billion.
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GOP Wants to Ban Critical Race Theory in Wisconsin Schools, but That’s Not a Thing
Critical race theory is barely taught outside of graduate school. Republicans’ intention, a leading theorist says, seems to be scaring teachers away from any talk of race.
