A report released Tuesday from the Wisconsin Policy Forum found gross K-12 school property taxes rose an average of 7.8 percent in December, the largest increase in three decades. 

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Wisconsin schools are now required to contact a student’s parent or guardian if they are a victim or target of a sexual offense while at school. 

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A new analysis of teacher pay and benefits by WEA Trust suggests the majority of teachers are one health care crisis away from financial ruin.

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The College of Computing and Artificial Intelligence was approved on Thursday by the Board of Regents. 

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About 36 percent of Wisconsin’s youngest students are below the 25th percentile for reading, according to the Department of Public Instruction’s first literacy screening.

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Milwaukee Public Schools is offering a van service to help homeless students get to school. 

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School districts are going to receive about $140 million less than they originally expected to provide special education services this year. 

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In fall 2026, UW-Madison will launch the state’s first undergraduate major in public policy. 

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The Trump administration is no longer considering nursing as a professional degree. That means getting financial help to complete advanced degrees in nursing could become more difficult at a time when Wisconsin is facing a shortage.

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Universities of Wisconsin students will have an easier time transferring general education credits from one campus to another after the Board of Regents approved a new core general education policy this week. 

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In September, one mother selected four materials by homeschool publisher Simply Charlotte Mason. Lighthouse Learning Academy denied the requests.

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Milwaukee Public Schools received a $23 million grant from the federal government to help nearly 30,000 students attend college over the next seven years. 

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Legislative Republicans want to incentivize Wisconsin school districts that agree to merge or consolidate grades.

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A Senate Education Committee hearing was held this week on a bill that would force the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, or WIAA, to comply with state public records and open meetings laws.  

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Wisconsin State Superintendent Jill Underly announced several changes on Tuesday to strengthen student safety amid criticism of her agency's handling of accusations of sexual misconduct by educators.

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Twenty Wisconsin school districts located on tribal lands that collectively enroll more than 21,000 students have not received routine federal funding for operations, including teacher salaries.  The federal government issued […]

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Milwaukee’s chamber of commerce is hoping to sway Gov. Tony Evers, or the state’s next governor, into joining the nation's first federal school voucher-style program.

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The Trump administration must release $1 billion dollars in grants meant to address the shortage of mental health workers in schools, a federal judge ruled this week. That means $8 million dollars will be coming back to Wisconsin.

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Melissa Tempel, the former first grade teacher who was fired after publicly criticizing the School District of Waukesha for banning a Dolly Parton song, has filed an appeal to her First Amendment case.

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Students at Milwaukee School of Engineering are protesting the presence of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on campus.

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