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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Students will still retain all of the same protections under federal law. It will just be different departments enforcing those laws.

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

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A vote in the state Senate last month tanked a deal to use Wisconsin’s budget surplus for tax refunds, special education funding and more. Now, the top Republican in the State Assembly wants to bring some kind of deal back to the table.

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Students at Madison Country Day School in Waunakee released the first edition of the Prairie Hawk Press, a student newspaper they wrote, designed and printed this semester.

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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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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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Girl's flag football is taking hold in the state ahead of its inclusion in the 2028 Olympics.

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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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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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On “Wisconsin Today,” MPS superintendent Brenda Cassellius talked about the district’s budget proposal, possible school closures and declining enrollment.

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Watertown High School band students have spent months preparing for their May 18 spring concert. But a piece of music will likely be struck from their set list over its history.  

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Prices at the pump have everyone feeling uneasy, but the anxiety is 738 times worse in the Chequamegon School District. That’s how many square miles the district’s school buses cover every day.

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This week, All-In Milwaukee announced it received its largest philanthropic gift in the organization’s history. An $11 million donation from Keith Mardak and Mary Vandenberg will fund scholarships and programming for 500 new students over the next 10 years.

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