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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Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin said her experience leading UW-Madison during a "complex time," which included encampments, DEI and federal funding cuts, prepared her to head the Ivy League university.

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For the last eight years, Sevastopol has worked on changing its culture. They’ve done everything from providing all students with free meals to putting staff through an intensive poverty simulation so they could go from sympathetic to empathetic.

And it has worked.

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Wisconsin’s five largest public school districts are asking the state Legislature for more funding. 

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Columbia University has selected University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin as its next president. 

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From the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education to withholding billions of federal dollars, K-12 and post-secondary education saw unprecedented changes during the first year of Trump’s second term in office. 

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A Republican proposal would require the Department of Public Instruction to expand access to mental health services for some Wisconsin high school students. 

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UW-Milwaukee wants to offer K-12 students and their families opportunities to connect and prepare them for college or career opportunities. 

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Mom Amanda Vogel uploaded a video in December 2025, after pulling her daughter from the School District of Pittsville in Wood County.

According to the school district officials, Vogel's video is harassment.

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The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction released $8 million in previously withheld state funding to Milwaukee Public Schools on Friday. 

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a civil rights complaint against the University of Wisconsin-Madison on behalf of conservative students on campus. 

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The companies improperly accessed and monetized nearly 300,000 patient medical records from Epic users, according to Epic. 

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Former Sun Prairie West High School principal Jennifer Ploeger will be charged with two counts of failing to report child abuse.

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Beginning this week, student loan borrowers could receive a notice that the federal government is coming for their paycheck. 

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Wisconsin health leaders say they are "greatly concerned" about the new vaccine guidelines released Monday by the federal government.

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vThe Policy Forum report found the statewide rate for emergency licenses among educators was 3.6 percent. But that rate is not uniform across districts. 

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Wisconsin scientists and students say the planned dismantlement of a national climate and weather center will have devastating effects on research in the state. 

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The Biden-era student loan repayment plan was the most flexible and generous income-driven repayment plan available.  On Dec. 9, the U.S. Department of Education announced the SAVE plan is ending. 

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