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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In a new report, cost and availability were cited as the biggest barriers for families trying to send their kids to camp or other summer learning programs.

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The Board cited the previous 10 year tuition freeze and inflation as reasons for the increase. Republicans have been critical of the move, with some calling another freeze.

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AI is creating a rapidly changing environment for graduates heading to college or the workforce

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Adopt a Cow gives urban and farm-country students alike a close-up look at dairy farming, inspiring imaginative connections with their adopted animals.

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Students attending Universities of Wisconsin campuses could be paying more in tuition this upcoming school year.

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A new grant will help the Portage Community School District create an in-house clinic offering mental health support to students at school.

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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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The pilot program was meant to offer an alternative route into the classroom, but program leaders are having trouble enticing school districts to take on more apprentices. And enrollment has ground to a halt.

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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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A new poll shows four out of five Wisconsinites think it was wrong to oppose the tax cut and education funding deal that failed in the Legislature earlier this month.

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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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Earlier this month, UW Board of Regents President Amy Bogost formed a 25-person search committee to find the next president of the state’s 165,000-student university system. She told WPR what issues are top of mind for the system’s next leader.

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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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A spending bill crafted by Gov. Tony Evers and Republican leaders was voted down in the state Senate Wednesday. The head of the state’s technical college system explains why the heads of those schools were opposed to the effort.

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A new grant is aimed at getting rural Wisconsinites into teaching jobs, as rural school districts face challenges getting trained educators into their classrooms.

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A new state law requiring all school districts to have a policy restricting phone use in classrooms goes into effect July 1.

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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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