Ola Lisowski analyzes some of the latest education data in Wisconsin, while reviewing past data that will not be updated this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a State of Education unlike any other. Read More The MacIver Institute’s State of K-12 Education: 2020 Edition
A new report by the MacIver Institute addresses the troubling number of high school graduates in Wisconsin who need to take classes in remedial math and English at college. Read More MacIver News Minute: Wisconsin’s Unprepared High School Graduates
A recent UW System report for the 2018 graduating class shows thousands of students moving through the high school system and arriving at college woefully unprepared. Read More Wisconsin’s Unprepared High School Graduates
By Ola Lisowski – If the district succeeds in its plight to improve student GPAs, any improvement will exist only on paper and not in reality. More students will graduate with inflated GPAs, which could lead to better college admissions records, but the ruse won’t last. Read More Madison’s Grading Floor and the Delaying of Adulthood
Back-to-school season is upon us, which can only mean one thing. No, it is not the return of blissful quiet to your home. It is time for MacIver’s annual State of K-12 Education Report Card. How do Wisconsin’s students, teachers and schools measure up? Are taxpayers receiving a decent return on their investment? Nearly 6 in 10 Wisconsin students are NOT proficient in basic math or English – Where is the outrage? Despite massive funding increases and flat enrollment, troublesome achievement gaps persist and much, much more. September 3, 2019 A MacIver Institute Analysis by Ola Lisowski Over 800,000 Wisconsin students are …