If you are a left-leaning policy -expert-, please, get in touch with Wisconsin’s state Legislature.
Come prepared to explain why schools score well in Massachusetts, Illinois, and New Jersey.
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This film was shown in most High Schools around the US for most of the 1960s. It is a wonderful insight on free enterprise and would do well to be shown again today.
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Where have all the students gone?
2026-2027 Madison K-12 $pending continues to grow, fueled by a 9.7% (!) property tax increase. Total spending will be at least $706,000,000 for 25,003 students, or $28,236 per student.
May 2026 Madison School District Presentation: 7,095 adults for 25,003 students (3.52 students per adult!)
Early Literacy Screener Map.
3,887 Madison 4 year old to third grade students scored lower than 75% of the students in the national comparison group.
Madison taxpayers have long supported far above average k-12 tax & $pending. This despite our long term, disastrous reading results. May, 2026: 7,095 Staff for 25,003 students; $pending > $26k per student!
Madison Schools: More $, No Accountability
The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading RecoveryâŚ
The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanicâ
A.B.T.: âAinât been taught.â
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacherâs Remarks to the School Board on Madisonâs Disastrous Reading Results
Madisonâs taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
âAn emphasis on adult employmentâ
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators
Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results
Booked, but canât read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.
When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?