Viewpoints
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,…
Do Madison’s schools underperform Milwaukee’s? Let’s talk about it.
Talk to your typical Wisconsinite and they will tell you Milwaukee is the past, Madison is the future. Milwaukee is shrinking, unsafe and broke, they will argue, while Madison is flush with people, turning out votes, and have…
Data center boom means good times for old-line manufacturing, 50 or 500 hires at a time
Moving around data turns out to demand a lot of Wisconsin-made metal If data centers are supposed to wipe out everyone’s job, they’re making a pathetic go of it in Waukesha, where a manufacturer with a 120-year-old plant is…
Want to help families, Wisconsin? Stop raising childcare costs
Our straitjacket of rules and spiral of subsidies has demonstrably failed; time to give families flexibility Debates surrounding childcare policy often become emotionally charged. This is understandable given that discussion…
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…
It’s time for Welfare Reform 2.0 in Wisconsin
In the summer of 1996, President Bill Clinton signed into law significant welfare reforms passed by a Republican-led Congress. The centerpiece of the reform package was a set of strong work requirements as a condition of…
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…
Economic freedom is worth defending — even when political parties forget it
Independence Day is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of economic freedom as a core national principle. This is not a partisan claim. Economic freedom is not a Democratic or Republican value. It should be seen as an…
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