K-12 Education
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…
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that…
The Ice Cream Test Lincoln Would Have Understood
A few weeks ago, I received a call from a very frustrated friend. She is exactly the kind of teacher every parent hopes their child gets. She is dedicated, thoughtful, and has high expectations for her students. The issue…
Who’s Serving Who? Controversy Swirls Around Education Foundations
In Texas, education foundations are supposed to support public school districts through fundraising, making donations, and offering other supportive services. However, as documented in a recent report, these foundations…
Facts to help you decide whether Wisconsin children should be eligible for donor-funded education scholarships
Many American schoolchildren will benefit from sizable scholarships once a federal tax credit of up to $1,700 kicks in next year for donors. Wisconsin children, as it stands right now, will not be eligible. Here’s what…
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 …
Wisconsin eventually will opt in to donor bonanza for schools, business leader predicts
No upside to letting credit-spurred donations here flow elsewhere, says Kooyenga Every current candidate for governor of Wisconsin either favors or at least has not yet rejected the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, despite…
New York Says “Yes” to Scholarships. Oregon Should Too
By Kathryn Hickok Governor Kathy Hochul announced May 5 that she intends to opt New York into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), pending additional information expected from the U.S. Treasury Department later this…
New York Says “Yes” to Scholarships-Oregon Should Too
By Kathryn Hickok Governor Kathy Hochul announced May 5 that she intends to opt New York into the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), pending additional information expected from the U.S. Treasury Department later this…
Wisconsin students who struggle with reading are let down by unenforced literacy reforms, say advocates
Parents don’t want ‘to just sit and read through state statutes’ A three-year-old Wisconsin law requiring schools to inform parents when their students are struggling with reading is going unenforced in far too many…
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