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For the first time in 36 years, a public school district in Wisconsin will dissolve. On Thursday, the School District Boundary Appeal Board voted unanimously to approve the dissolution of the financially troubled Hustisford School District. The decision makes Hustisford the first school district in Wisconsin to dissolve since the Ondossagon School District dissolved into the Ashland, Washburn and Drummond School Districts in 1990.
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers removed University of Wisconsin System Regent Timothy Nixon after receiving reports that Nixon allegedly had an altercation with staff members supporting an official UW meeting.
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Governor-elect David Crowley is joined by Democratic legislative majorities in pledging to “fully fund” public schools. Using a nonpartisan, authoritative source, the most objective measure — inflation adjusted spending/pupil — shows that Wisconsin public schools already are more than “fully funded.”. The National Center for...
WISCONSIN — Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction State Superintendent Jill Underly has proposed $2.75 billion in new aid for K-12 schools, calling the current funding formula “broken,” in a new 2027-29 biennial budget request memo. “For more than 15 years, funding increases have been disconnected from inflation,...
Kingston Allen of Notre Dame Academy (Green Bay, Wis.) broke two state rushing records Friday night and led the Tritons back to the Division 2 championship game, running for 297 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-17 win over Union Grove. With his team trailing 17-0 at halftime, Allen came...
Voters in Sawyer County kept the small, rural school district of Winter alive by passing an operational referendum in the November midterm election. District leaders were preparing to dissolve the district if voters had rejected the tax levy increase. Other districts that failed referendums are facing the same threat, as...
(Corrinnee Hess, Wisconsin Public Radio) For the first time in nearly 30 years, Wisconsin parents attending college will not have access to federal funding to help them pay for childcare. According to Corrinnee Hess with Wisconsin Public Radio, since 1999, the federal Child Care Access Means Parents in School program,...
HOWARD (NBC 26) — Tablets, laptops and other technology have become common tools in modern classrooms, but one Wisconsin lawmaker says for the state's youngest students, it has become too much, too soon. State Rep. David Steffen is proposing legislation that would restrict technology use in Wisconsin public school...
It is the Level 4 playoffs of the 2026 Wisconsin high school football season. The FOX6 High School Blitz Game of the Week was Catholic Memorial vs. Pewaukee.
This transcript was auto-generated from video closed captioning subtitles and is likely to contain text, spelling and/or grammatical errors. The transcript is temporary and will soon be replaced by a clean and accurate version. Thank you for your patience. Along with statewide ballot questions, voters in nearly 80 districts were...
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN – The Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (WFCA) has announced its 2026 All-Region Football Teams, recognizing standout high school football players from across Northeast Wisconsin for their performances this season. Several area programs were well represented, including Freedom, Bonduel, Suring, Coleman, Amherst, Shawano, Pulaski, Shiocton, and Weyauwega-Fremont. Freedom...
Coming off a Missouri Valley Conference title and an NCAA Tournament appearance, UIC baseball has added 10 high school recruits for fall 2027. The group spans Illinois, Wisconsin and North Dakota, with prospects across the infield, outfield, catching and pitching staff. UIC says the class combines immediate competition potential with the character and depth to sustain its championship push.
UW regent fired for altercation with staff
MADISON, Wis. — State Superintendent Jill Underly announced the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s proposed 2027-29 biennial budget, which includes roughly $2.75 billion in new aid for the state’s K-12 schools and libraries.
MARSHFIELD – The School District of Marshfield has approved several policy revisions addressing student privacy, artificial intelligence, electronic devices, transportation and public records while reviewing enrollment trends and ongoing facility improvements. Updated policies strengthen protections for student information, including data accessed through artificial intelligence platforms. The district must generally...
A report given to the district this year predicts they will have 477 fewer students in their schools by 2040.
Mid-State Technical College has once again been recognized by Education Insider magazine as a Top Technical College, earning the distinction for the second consecutive year. The 2026 recognition builds on Mid-State’s selection as Wisconsin’s Top Technical College in 2025 and highlights the College’s continued commitment to preparing students for high-demand careers while strengthening the workforce and communities of central Wisconsin.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) -- The Wisconsin Technical College System and Western Governors University have signed a statewide transfer agreement that expands degree pathways for graduates of all 16 Wisconsin technical colleges.
Since the beginning of time, or at least since private school association WISAA dissolved and the private schools joined the public school association WIAA at the turn of the century, there’s been a battle between public and private schools . This isn’t a Wisconsin thing either, wherever there’s public competing against private someone will say the private school has an unfair advantage. The discourse was cranked to 11 this past weekend when all five state girls volleyball champions happened to be private schools. All over social media I was seeing opponents of private schools up in arms while the defenders were also boisterous. Quite possibly the biggest complaints were the usual ones, the private schools can pull from a larger metro area and can, in essence, recruit whoever they want. It would be disingenuous to say recruiting doesn’t happen but what people fail to fully realize is with open enrollment, both public and private are guilty of the same behavior. Success breeds more success, be it Kimberly or Notre Dame. In my decade and a half experience, though, it doesn’t happen nearly as often as people assume. The WIAA has tried to solve what people believe is, in my opinion,
