Robert Marti was reported missing around 1 p.m. Wendesday.

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The Kenosha Unified School District is weighing several options to reduce its expected $17 million budget deficit if a planned November referendum fails. 

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A long-time Milwaukee and Madison educator will head Wisconsin’s Office of Literacy, taking over the role as the state tries to address declines in kids' reading ability.

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In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court declared undergraduate retention grants for certain minority students are unconstitutional. 

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The School District of Beloit is facing significant budget challenges due to a more than 40 percent decline in student enrollment over the last decade.

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During a press conference in Washington D.C. on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore and U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan joined their colleagues to introduce the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act. 

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The Milwaukee Reading Coalition claims the DPI indicated there was a pathway to obtain funding for training educators, but abruptly changed course. DPI says it is following the law.

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Animal Advocacy could face disciplinary sanctions that could result in the club no longer being a registered student organization of the university. 

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The Milwaukee School Board approved a $1.6 billion budget plan Thursday night that eliminates the $46 million deficit identified earlier this year.

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In the 15 years since former Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 10 into law, union membership among Wisconsin teachers declined 54 percent. 

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With AI likely changing the job market for the state's youngest workers, the Department of Public Instruction is asking Wisconsin residents for their opinions on what students need to succeed after high school. 

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Two Wisconsin middle-schoolers are headed to Washington, D.C. to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee from May 26-28 along with 245 other participants.

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The Watertown School Board banned “A Mother of A Revolution!” from the high school spring concert, saying it violated the district's controversial issues policy.

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Composer Omar Thomas will conduct the piece at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church on Wednesday.

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The Watertown School Board is defending its decision to remove an instrumental piece of music from the high school band's spring concert.

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Watertown High School band students won’t be allowed to perform an instrumental piece of music tied to LGBTQ+ history at their spring concert.

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Reading scores have continued to decline in Wisconsin since 2022, leaving students more than a half of a grade below pandemic levels. At the same time, math scores in the state haven’t budged. That has left some students in districts including Sun Prairie, Oshkosh and West Allis-West Milwaukee lagging more than a full grade level behind 2019 math benchmarks.

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UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin reflected on her accomplishments leading the state’s flagship campus while acknowledging what she calls a period of “significant challenge” during her four-year tenure.

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A 25-member search committee has been named to find the next Universities of Wisconsin president after the Board of Regents fired system leader Jay Rothman last month.

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In 2024, parents in Menomonee Falls filed a complaint with the state alleging the school district’s removal of a children’s book depicting same-sex families was discriminatory. 

Now two years later, the Department of Public Instruction says it has “limited authority” to assess whether the School District of Menomonee Falls violated its local policies or the law.

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