Culture/Politics
Having two parents matters; so does data
Research keeps on reinforcing the importance of family structure, so why aren’t we using the metric? Wisconsin collects enormous amounts of education data. We measure test scores, graduation rates, absenteeism, discipline,…
Wisconsin should stop treating data centers worse than other taxpaying industries
Sales tax exemption isn’t a subsidy but a common shield against increasing consumers’ prices with hidden levies Wisconsin’s sales tax exemption for data center equipment is increasingly controversial, with many policymakers…
Why shut down schools that put kids more than a year ahead?
New study finds school choice is ‘like skipping a grade’ for working-class kids, yet critics would slam the door A major party’s likely nominee for governor, state Rep. Francesca Hong, says she favors good schools. “Every…
Teaching economics, electing to ignore it
Wisconsin students learn what markets do for society, which a leading candidate seems to ignore In 2018, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction adopted the Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies to guide economics…
Johnson uses new budget role to highlight out-of-control Medicaid spending and fraud
Democrats, meanwhile, blocking release of Medicaid enrollee information Ron Johnson, the third-term Republican U.S. senator from Oshkosh, is using his new perch as chair of the Senate Budget Committee to spotlight rampant…
Eau Claire teens find police are the opposite of oppressors
Teens see the fallacy of the abolish-and-defund narrative One recent July morning in a riverside woods west of Eau Claire, 13 high-schoolers took turns firing practice versions of PepperBalls at an old steel drum and…
Florida could teach Wisconsin how to demand a more open-minded academia
Perhaps a less lopsided faculty is ours for the asking, but have elected officials insisted? A political scientist laid out the grim numbers about lopsided ideology among his fellow Florida professors — whose donations go to…
The silence breaks: Accountability at last for those who make Milwaukee life unlivable
Standing against ‘teen takeovers’ and acting the fool, there are adults who teach better choices It has been my observation that excusing black antisocial behavior like the recent “teen takeovers” that we’ve seen in our…
Data centers could be a godsend — if communities let them
Anti-tech sentiment ignoring staggering job and revenue projections A growing number of Wisconsin communities are choosing to act against considerable economic interest and sit out the data center revolution. Vantage Data…
Public school leaders look forward to possible private donations for scholarships
Giving spurred by new tax credit can go wherever donors see a good cause A potentially huge new stream of money seems headed toward American schoolchildren — scholarships funded by private donors who are spurred on by a new …
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