Here’s why Wisconsin’s public school budgets are struggling
Voters are being asked to make up the difference as state aid fails to keep up with rising costs and more state dollars are being transferred to private schools.
Voters are being asked to make up the difference as state aid fails to keep up with rising costs and more state dollars are being transferred to private schools.
Wisconsin offers a wide array of free attractions for visitors to enjoy.
More than $700 million of taxpayer funds are being diverted from public schools to fund private school tuition—even for wealthy families.
Electric school buses are gradually being rolled out across the state. They’re still big and yellow, but they’re not loud and don’t smell like diesel fuel. President’s Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, through its Clean Bus Program, is providing $5 billion...
Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 44,380 people in Wisconsin.
The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.
There are 91 school referendums on ballots across the state for the April 2 spring election in Wisconsin. They’ve become a fixture as the Legislature has refused to provide public school funding that keeps up with inflation—for 16 consecutive years.
Through improvements to the public service Loan Forgiveness Program, the Biden administration has canceled loans for more than 871,000 public service workers.
We need a robust, highly skilled workforce in STEM to support the influx of major infrastructure projects cropping up across the country. The way to fix this is by starting at the high school level.
The restoration of our right to negotiate with employers is crucial to ensuring that we can continue delivering for the communities that rely on us every day.