Education
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Virtual learning growing in Wisconsin, school leaders say
After eight hours of training at the Milwaukee Ballet Academy, Cecilia Smucker logs onto her laptop for four hours of virtual learning.
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How many students are going to each UW school in fall 2025?
How many students are attending Wisconsin public universities?
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WI teacher: Federal special-ed cuts another blow to struggling state
A Wisconsin teacher is voicing significant concerns about the recent federal special education cuts and says it’s an added blow to the state budget deficit. This month, the U.S. Department of Education began laying off more than 450 employees, many of whom oversee special-education management.
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Wisconsin public school enrollment declines continue as vouchers grow, new data show
Wisconsin public school enrollment is on the decline, data shows.
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Study: Wisconsin trails most states in college affordability
The state ranked 46th in its share of public colleges considered affordable. As Wisconsin lawmakers spend less on higher education, some see tuition promise programs as part of the solution.
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Trump’s spending cuts hit program for deaf-blind kids in Wisconsin
A program around since the 1960s helps deaf-blind children in Wisconsin so they can go to school and communicate with others, but President Trump’s DEI cuts may kill the program after next year.
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It’s Banned Books Week. Here are some books that faced challenges in Wisconsin last year
It’s Banned Book Week, what has been banned in Wisconsin?
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Head Start moms won’t let Washington cut their kids’ future
These local moms are flooding Congress, pushing back on the Trump administration’s Project 2025 plan to eliminate Head Start—the preschool program that’s making a huge impact on kids across the nation.
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A program helps teachers tell Milwaukee’s untold stories. The Trump administration says it will no longer fund it.
A program at Marquette University that trains Milwaukee-area teachers to incorporate the city’s untold stories – particularly those of communities of color – into their classrooms is losing federal funding.
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Just 0.2% of Universities are Better Than Wisconsin — According to New Global Ranking
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was ranked 30th worldwide and 20th in the United States in the 2025 edition of the Global 2000 list by the Center for World University Rankings. That puts our state’s flagship school in the top 0.2% of the 21,462 universities ranked worldwide! “We at UW–Madison gain our greatest satisfaction from helping…
