Another News Story on Teacher Shortages
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 30, 2016
Here is another story on school district recruitment/retention challenges, this one from the Fox Valley and Northeastern Wisconsin.
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Democrats Release Urban Education Task Force Minority Report
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 24, 2016
Yesterday, Democrats on the Assembly Speaker’s Task Force on Urban Education released a minority report. The minority report contains many policy recommendations that the Democrats believe should have been included in the committee’s original report, released in June 2016.
See the report here.
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ACT Participation Jumps to 100% in Wisconsin
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 24, 2016
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) announced today that Wisconsin’s participation in ACT testing jumped to 100 percent for the 2016 graduating class as the state joined 19 others that administer the college admissions exam to all public school graduates. Wisconsin’s composite score is 20.5, ranking fourth in the nation for “census testing” states.
Additional information is available in the DPI news release here.
See Associated Press news story from the Janesville Gazette here.
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Challenges To Evers Taking Shape
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 22, 2016
Check out the WisPolitics interview with Jeff Holmes, Germantown Superintendent and candidate for State Superintendent. WisPolitics orignally published this interview on June 13, 2016.
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Holtz Targets Graduation, Achievement Rates in State Superintendent Bid
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 22, 2016
Check out the WisPolitics interview with Lowell Holtz, recently retired Whitnall superintendent and candidate for state superintendent.
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