News Briefs
Elizabeth A. Burmaster, Wisconsin’s state superintendent of public instruction, will not seek a third term.
October 13, 2008
The graduation requirements for high school students should include three years of math and three years of science, Gov. Doyle said in his annual address, urging lawmakers to pass such a measure.
January 29, 2008
If a Wisconsin entrepreneur’s plans take hold, high school sporting events across the state will be shown on an Internet site, with viewers able to tune in to games for a $9.95 monthly fee.
October 30, 2007
Competition generated by private-school-tuition vouchers did not lead to higher student test scores in Milwaukee public schools, a study indicates.
October 9, 2007
A group of state lawmakers is seeking to overturn the University of Wisconsin system’s new admissions policy that requires campuses to review each applicant individually and consider factors such as race and past experiences along with academic record.
March 13, 2007
Gov. Jim Doyle, a Democrat, believes that abstinence must be taught in school, but not to the exclusion of other sex education, his spokesman told the Associated Press.
March 13, 2007
Arkansas and Wisconsin have dropped portfolio assessments for English-language learners after receiving letters from the U.S. Department of Education saying the states had to prove those tests were valid or their large-scale assessment systems would be rejected under the No Child Left Behind Act.
November 13, 2006
Wisconsin education officials failed to ensure that schools and districts that received federal Reading First grants adhered to the program’s strict guidelines, a failing that, if not rectified, could cost the state nearly $6 million of its $45 million allocation, a federal report concludes.
October 30, 2006
The three school shootings that left a principal and six students dead in less than a week have sparked a barrage of pledges from national and state political leaders to tighten campus security. But school safety experts urged caution against overreacting to the horrific, but rare, incidents in rural schools in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
October 5, 2006
When the Florida Senate took up a measure this month designed to protect voucher programs from legal challenges, the chamber couldn’t have been more divided: The bill was defeated by just one vote. Two days later, however, another voucher bill won unanimous Senate support.
May 16, 2006
