Budget Blog Update: JFC Votes On K12 And Higher Ed Funding

By Abbi Debelack - May 28, 2021

2021-23 Budget, ARPA, Budget, Budget Blog, DPI, Education, Education Budget, Higher Education, JFC, K12, K12 Education, State Budget, Tech Colleges

Republicans Count Massive $2.6 Billion Of Federal Aid Towards Funding Of K12 Schools Democrats And Education Establishment Outraged That More State Aid Wasn’t Heaped On Top Of The Federal Aid Republicans Did Add $109 Million Of State Aid To K12 Special Education – Evers Wanted To Increase Taxes By Billions, Already Nixed By Republicans, To Pay For A $700 Million Increase Republicans Redistribute $150 Million Of ARPA Funds To Pay Schools That Stayed In-Person Instruction At least 50% Of The 2020-2021 School Year And Towards Literacy Efforts Popular UW Tuition Freeze Eliminated – Will Evers, …

Budget Blog: Education Funding To Be Voted On Tomorrow

By MacIver Staff - May 26, 2021

2021-23 Budget, Budget Blog, DPI, Evers Budget, Higher Education, K12 Education, School Choice

Will Legislature Give Another Massive Spending Increase To K12 Education? Or Will Legislature Back Out State GPR And Replace It With Massive Amount Of Federal Aid Like Gov. Doyle Did? Expand School Choice Income Eligibility To Open Up Popular Program To More Parents? Ban Critical Race Theory In K12 Education? With $2.6 Billion In Fed COVID-19 Aid To Schools, Does WI Need Evers’ Big Education Spending Increase On Top Of It? Evers Wants A 632% Increase In Special Ed Funding On Top Of Last Budget’s Generous Increase May 26, 2021 The Joint Finance …

The MacIver Institute’s 2020 State of Higher Education

By Ola Lisowski - October 16, 2020

College, College Education, College Readiness, Education, Higher Education, State of Education, UW System, Wisconsin

The leaves are turning, the students are (somewhat) back to campus, and the days are getting shorter—that means it’s time for the MacIver Institute’s State of Higher Education. Read More The MacIver Institute’s 2020 State of Higher Education

CARES Act and Higher Education: What Does It Mean for Wisconsin?

By Ola Lisowski - June 25, 2020

CARES Act, College, College Education, Education, Higher Education, K-12, K-12 Education, K-12 Funding, K-12 Schools, University

Institutes of higher education in Wisconsin will receive more than $544 million in federal relief from the CARES Act. Read more to find out where that money will go. Read More CARES Act and Higher Education: What Does It Mean for Wisconsin?

The Hard Bigotry of No Expectations

By MacIver Institute - June 12, 2019

College Board, Dan O'Donnell, Higher Education, implicit bias, Marquette University, Michael Lovell, Remedial Education

Dan O’Donnell examines Marquette University’s decision to no longer require entrance exams amid the broader push to devalue objective academic standards in the name of diversity. Read More The Hard Bigotry of No Expectations