Education

The U.S. Department of Education terminated more than $600 million in teacher training grants this week, including funds for a program designed to bring more special education teachers into Milwaukee Public Schools. 

A former Wisconsin Badgers football player’s decision to leave the program could have wide-ranging implications for the future of college athlete compensation.

The Ashland and Northland College community are reimagining a future without the small private school that’s been a fixture in the region for more than a century.

Students at public schools across Wisconsin would be banned from using cell phones in the classroom during instructional time under a Republican bill passed in the state Assembly Wednesday.

The small liberal arts college in Ashland has been facing a possible shut-down since early 2024.

Mahmoud Shayyah was in shock the day the brutal Assad regime fell. Today, his research at UW-Madison studying how war-torn countries can rebuild is ever more important.

The state organization that oversees most Wisconsin high school athletic programs updated a policy Wednesday to say only athletes “designated as females at birth” would be allowed to compete in girls sports.

One of John Lewis’ early fights for equality was to make sure everyone could get a library card. A Madison author and illustrator tell this story in a new children’s book.

The School District of Mauston asked voters to exceed the state-imposed revenue limit by $1.75 million annually for the next four years. The referendum passed on Tuesday with around 66 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.

Incumbent State Superintendent Jill Underly and private school advocate Brittany Kinser were the top two vote getters in a field of three in Tuesday’s primary race to head the Department of Public Instruction.