Corri Hess is a Wisconsin Public Radio reporter based in Milwaukee, where she covers K-12 and higher education. Corri’s work has been featured on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” She spent many years in print journalism, most recently as a state politics reporter at the “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.”
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Latest Posts
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Money allocated for Wisconsin reading law could go to state surplus if not used by June 30
State Superintendent Jill Underly says Republicans are “playing politics” by withholding funding that is critical for fully implementing Act 20.
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Report: Majority of Wisconsin teens suffer from mental health issues
Mental health problems affect the majority of teens in Wisconsin with girls and LGBTQ+ teens reportedly suffering the most.
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Milwaukee Public Schools still trying to recoup money from GOP official’s defunct nonprofit
The school district is still awaiting payment from the now defunct organization, which was led by by Gerard Randall, a top Wisconsin GOP official who helped secure the Republican National Convention for Milwaukee.
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State Superintendent Jill Underly will face primary challenge in February
Three candidates have filed nomination papers for state Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Underly says critics of new state testing benchmarks ‘getting it wrong’
A change in the way Wisconsin measures student achievement on state tests is getting political blowback from both sides of the aisle.
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New survey shows Wisconsin parents struggle to understand public school systems
Wisconsin parents are overestimating how well their children are doing in school while underestimating how much money school districts have to spend on education, according to a new national survey.
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Milwaukee Area Technical College’s former DEI officer files federal discrimination lawsuit
Milwaukee Area Technical College’s former chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer filed a federal lawsuit against the college alleginging she was fired after speaking out against race and disability discrimination at the school.
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Ascension’s spring 2024 ransomware attack affects millions of patients
The cyber attack that debilitated one of Wisconsin’s largest hospital systems this spring, has now been determined to have affected millions of patients’ personal information.
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New Orleans deadly truck attack brings rush of memories to Waukesha
“This hit home and is very hard as we have and share a special connection with many people, dance groups and the entire New Orleans community,” said Jean Knutson, co-leader of the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.
