Average K-12 Public School Administrator In Wisconsin Earned $129,563 In 2018

By MacIverNews - October 21, 2019

Administrator Salaries, Administrators, Cost of Education, Department of Public Education, Education Budget, Education Salary and Benefits, K-12 Education, K12, Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, MPS, MPS Board, MPS Budget, Schools

By Ola Lisowski – 44% of administrators earned more than six figures in salary alone, an increase from last year. Read More Average K-12 Public School Administrator In Wisconsin Earned $129,563 In 2018

MacIver News Minute: Barely Half Of K-12 Funding Actually Goes Into Classroom

By Chris Rochester - February 7, 2019

Administrator Salaries, Administrators, Cost of Education, Education, Education spending, Green Bay Area Public Schools, K-12 Funding, K-12 Schools, MacIver News Minute, Madison Metropolitan School District, Milwaukee Public Schools, MPS

How often have you heard from the big-government crowd that Wisconsin needs more money in our schools because IT’S ABOUT THE CHILDREN! Turns out, it isn’t. New data from the Department of Public Instruction show that only 54 percent of revenue for Wisconsin schools goes to instruction, with the rest marked for overhead. The release underscores how little of the $6 billion in annual state education funding actually makes it to the classroom. Read More MacIver News Minute: Barely Half Of K-12 Funding Actually Goes Into Classroom

Data Release Shows Just 54% of K-12 Funding is Spent on Instruction

By Ola Lisowski - January 31, 2019

Administrator Salaries, Administrators, Cost of Education, Education, Education spending, Green Bay Area Public Schools, K-12 Funding, K-12 Schools, Madison Metropolitan School District, Milwaukee Public Schools, MPS

By Ola Lisowski – A new data report shows that Wisconsin Schools spend almost half their revenue on overhead with only 54 percent actually going toward classroom instruction. The release demonstrates how little of the $6 billion in annual state education funding actually makes it to the classroom. Read More Data Release Shows Just 54% of K-12 Funding is Spent on Instruction

News And Views: Bloated Public School Administrator Salaries and Act 10 Savings

By Chris Rochester - August 14, 2018

Administrator Salaries, K-12, K-12 Education, K-12 Funding, Oliver Burrows, School District Budgets, School Funding

K-12 school administrators in Wisconsin have it pretty good. Despite constant pleas by public schools that there’s no money to even keep the lights on, taxpayers shelled out nearly $437 million for K-12 administrator salaries in the last school year, salaries that total $126,617 per year on average with benefits. MacIver Research Associate Ola Lisowski joins Oliver Burrows on WXCO in Wausau to share her latest report. Read More News And Views: Bloated Public School Administrator Salaries and Act 10 Savings

MacIver News Minute: Despite Cries of Poverty, K-12 Educrats Pulling in Hefty Salaries

By Chris Rochester - August 14, 2018

Administrator Salaries, K-12, K-12 Education, K-12 Funding, MacIver News Minute, School District Budgets, School Funding

If Wisconsin public schools are hurting for cash, why are administrators pulling in such hefty salaries? Taxpayers last year shelled out nearly $437 million for administrator salaries, and 41 percent of public school educrats enjoyed a salary north of $100,000. The average with benefits was more than $126,000. Read More MacIver News Minute: Despite Cries of Poverty, K-12 Educrats Pulling in Hefty Salaries