Education

Voters approved about 55 percent of the 89 referendums across the state, leaving 45 percent of districts now scrambling to figure out what’s next. 

The Milwaukee Health Department is now without the help of federal employees who were assisting the department with the response to the ongoing lead crisis at the city’s school district. 

The Trump administration is giving public K-12 schools 10 days to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs or be at risk of losing federal funding. 

Sean Kane, the man in charge of overseeing facilities amid the lead crisis at Milwaukee Public Schools, is no longer with the district. 

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, Alliance Defending Freedom and Parents Defending Education filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S Department of Justice on April 2. 

The state superintendent and education officials in northeast Wisconsin are calling on the Legislature’s Republican-controlled budget committee to boost funding to K-12 schools in the next two-year state budget.

In March, the Department of Public Instruction announced its first planning grants to four Wisconsin districts to start recovery schools, specifically designed to help students with substance use disorders.

The heads of the Universities of Wisconsin system and the state Department of Corrections faced critical questions from Republican state lawmakers Tuesday over requests for new state funding.

UW-Eau Claire has placed the chair of its English department on leave after he allegedly flipped over a table set up by the College Republicans.

State Superintendent Jill Underly was reelected Tuesday, beating educational consultant Brittany Kinser to continue leading Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction.