Wisconsin Schools

Another $133 Million Available For Race To The Top Early Learning Grants

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has announced that five states that were finalists in an earlier competition for millions in federal dollars to...

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Wisconsin Seeks To Evaluate Aspiring Teachers Through Lesson Plans, Classroom Videos

| Erin Richards | Posted 05.12.2012

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This piece comes to us courtesy of The Hechinger Report. MILWAUKEE -- Before he could start student teaching in January at Sennette Middle School i...

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Bill Calls For Revoking Teachers' Licenses For Watching Porn

Posted 01.02.2012

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Wisconsin's state Assembly has passed a bill that would make watching pornography at work reason to revoke an educator's license. The bill passed t...

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Scores Of Wisconsin School Unions Seek Recertification After Contentious Rights Law

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 12.01.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — More than 200 school unions in Wisconsin met Friday's deadline to seek recertification, but it's unclear how many others let it ...

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School Choice Advocates Hope To Build On Gains

| Bill Lueders | Posted 11.25.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the third of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...

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Lawmakers Find Extra Money For Private Schools As Public Schools See Cuts

| Bill Lueders | Posted 11.21.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the first of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...

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How The Walmart Family Heirs And Others Are Changing The Face Of Education

| Bill Lueders | Posted 11.20.2011

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This piece comes to us courtesy of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. This is the first of a three-part series by Bill Lueders exam...

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Self-Grading And More: New Methods In Teacher Evaluation Gain Traction

Wausau Daily Herald | Keith Uhlig | Posted 11.19.2011

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MOSINEE -- Last year, Mosinee Middle School social studies teacher Paul Nievinski chose a new evaluation process his school district offered for exper...

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Doubled Retirement Exodus - Nearly 5,000 Wisconsin Teachers Leave After Cuts

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 10.31.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retir...

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SEC Late To The Game In Wisconsin Fraud Suit

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 10.11.2011

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NEW YORK -- The Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a brokerage firm of duping five Wisconsin school districts into placing highly risky be...

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Wisconsin Teachers Union: Yes To School Accountability, No To Scott Walker

Posted 09.21.2011

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Wisconsin's largest teacher union announced Friday that it is declining Gov. Scott Walker's invitation for the group to take part in a task force look...

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Reading, writing, rollbacks as stimulus ends

Reuters | Karen Pierog | Posted 09.04.2011

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RACINE, WI -- The public school system in this city hugging the shore of Lake Michigan is running low on money and options for educating its 21,000 st...

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Students Protesting Teacher Layoffs And Limited Rights Face Harsh Punishment

Posted 06.18.2011

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More protests against school budget cuts and limitations on teachers' rights are taking place across the country -- except at these rallies, attendant...

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Teachers Hold 'Grade-Ins' At Malls To Demonstrate Their Workload Outside The Classroom

Posted 06.11.2011

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Amid nationwide criticism of their profession, teachers are staging "grade-ins" at local malls to demonstrate what educators do in their time off. T...

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Wisc. Schools Told To Hold Off On Teacher Contacts Over Uncertainty Of Anti-Union Law

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.28.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker's administration took steps Monday to adjust state workers' paychecks to reflect a new collective bargaining l...

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Scott Walker is Trying to Sell Wisconsin

Eric Brunsell | Posted 05.25.2011

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The controversy in Wisconsin is about breaking the back of labor unions. This is about vilifying and silencing public workers. This is about selling Wisconsin.

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The Showdown Shakeout: Teachers Now Docked Pay, Disciplined

Posted 05.25.2011

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School officials are offering teachers a blunt reminder that they're leading by example: Students are punished for skipping, and the same goes for edu...

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