Milwaukee Public Schools announced Friday it plans to cut 263 non-classroom staff positions to help reduce the $46 million budget gap the district is facing.

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As word spread across Brookfield that the U.S. Department of Education would arrive on Friday with its History Rocks! tour, some parents feared the event was part of what they see as a larger effort by the Trump administration to indoctrinate children. 

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More Wisconsin students are attending school and graduating, according to data released Thursday by the state Department of Public Instruction. 

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A new Republican proposal would require schools to adopt a “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phones by July 1, 2027. 

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More than 400 members of the Wisconsin Army National Guard are stationed in the Middle East during the ongoing military action against Iran.

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Nearly half of Wisconsin’s lowest-performing schools are located on Milwaukee’s north side, according to a new report.

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Wisconsin voters are more concerned with reducing their property taxes than increasing funding for public schools. Voters also say they’re less inclined to support a school referendum. 

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A staff member at Madison East High School has been placed on leave while the school district investigates an allegation a student at the school was fed dog food.

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A group of parents and educators from across Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Monday against the state Legislature, alleging lawmakers have failed to adequately fund public schools. 

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For weeks, it looked like a deal might be struck between legislative Republicans and Gov. Tony Evers to use some of the state’s $2.5 billion surplus to provide both tax relief and money for schools. 
But those talks fell apart early last week.

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The Sauk Prairie School District in partnership with the Village of Prairie du Sac and the Sauk Prairie Area Chamber of Commerce began construction of a new early learning childcare center

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Marquette was one of 41 colleges named in a recent report that alleges the schools encourage low-income families to take out Parent PLUS loans while they at the same time offer financial aid to upper-income students.

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A safety plan that's been in the works since last summer is taking on new urgency after two gun-related incidents at a Kenosha high school this week. 

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UW-Madison will now require students to share their vaccination status for multiple diseases. This comes after state and local health officials confirmed a case of measles in a university student earlier this month. 

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The leaders of Milwaukee’s five institutions of higher education are partnering with one of Wisconsin’s largest companies with the goal of making the region a nationally recognized leader for artificial intelligence and data science. 

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The Milwaukee Public Schools board of directors will consider several mid-school-year cuts Tuesday after auditors found the district spent $46 million more than it budgeted in 2024-25. 

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Students have a chance to save money on college credits and the time it would take them to complete a degree. But studies show opportunities are not consistent across Wisconsin or demographics.

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The Joint Finance Committee delayed approving $1 million in additional operational funding for the Department of Public Instruction on Tuesday after learning the department spent $368,885 on a four-day junket in Wisconsin Dells. 

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Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman says artificial intelligence is no longer an abstract idea, but is now transforming how the state’s public universities operate.

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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley announced an "employee" who let the county's health insurance contract with UnitedHealthcare lapse last year has been fired.

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