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Thousands voted against a $33 million referendum for the Oregon School District on Tuesday. More>>
The Madison School District is encouraging the community to consider their dual language immersion program. More>>
Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education visited Madison Saturday for a talk about the city's racial achievement gap. More>>
MADISON (WKOW) -- The Boys and Girls Club of Dane County is pitching in to help bridge the achievement gap in Madison schools. More>>
State school officials are investigating irregularities in standardized testing at a Green Bay elementary school. More>>
Madison's superintendent talks live with Wake Up Wisconsin about his plan to improve student performance. More>>
February is FAFSA month; find out how to get free money for college. More>>
State superintendent Tony Evers stopped by Sun Prairie Tuesday to learn more about the school district's education programs. More>>
The Princeton Review has released its annual college rankings, and UW-Madison is in the top 10 Best Value Colleges for 2012. More>>
The Madison Metropolitan School District superintendent has released his plan to close achievement gaps in Madison schools. More>>
Open enrollment allows parents to apply to send their children to a school district other than their home district. More>>
The federal No Child Left Behind Act may soon be significantly scaled down in Wisconsin.
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"I think that's an inaccurate portrayal of what's happening in Wisconsin," said Patrick Gasper, the communications officer for the Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction. More>>
The Madison schools superintendent says he will announce his plan next week to bring up the test scores and graduation rates of minority students. More>>
Tony Evers, the State Department of Public Instruction Superintendent, wants the Assembly to pass a bill that would stop school voucher expansion. More>>
President Obama called on states to keep students in high school until age 18 during his annual address to Congress this week. More>>
Madison Metro Schools are celebrating 100 years of library media service of Friday. More>>
Illinois State University tracks higher education funding in all 50 states through its Grapevine Study More>>
The Madison School District is asking for background checks on poll workers that will be in school buildings on election days. More>>
MADISON (WKOW) -- Governor Scott Walker has declared School Choice Week in Wisconsin. More>>
The Madison School District will hold registration for four-year-old kindergarten next month. More>>
The group behind a proposed charter school says it will ask the Madison School Board to vote again next month. More>>
The Read to Lead task force unveiled numerous recommendations Wednesday More>>
Children who have more schooling may see their IQ improve, Norwegian researchers have found. More>>
The Board of Directors of Madison Preparatory Academy decided Wednesday morning to commit to establishing the academy as an independent school in the Fall of 2012. More>>
The Madison School Board voted down Madison Prep Academy. The five to two vote against the charter school followed nearly five hours of public comment. More>>
The president of the non-partisan, non-profit Active Citizens for Education group is worried there won't be enough votes to start the Madison Preparatory Academy. More>>
A new report shows that nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards this year. More>>
Student test scores can now be used as a reason to fire a teacher in Wisconsin. More>>
Students at a Janesville school are getting a computer upgrade thanks to the US Army. More>>
Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill that makes the viewing of pornography on a school district's computer reason to revoke a teacher's license. More>>
Department of Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Evers and other school officials pointed to data on educational job losses from a survey of school administrators as proof of the harm of Governor Walker's budget cuts to schools. More>>
Those behind a Madison charter school are working to make their point, before the school board takes up the issue at the end of the month.
The Urban League of Greater Madison hosted a public forum Wednesday. More>>
A new teacher evaluation method in Wisconsin will include both student and teacher performance, the Department of Public Instruction released Monday. More>>
Test scores show fourth and eighth-graders in Wisconsin are performing better in math and reading than other states. More>>
The public is invited to attend a special Board of Education meeting to discuss the proposed Madison Preparatory Academy in the McDaniels Auditorium of the Doyle Administration building at 6 p.m. More>>
The Madison Board of Education voted Monday night in favor of a proposal that would use canines to conduct drug sweeps in middle and high schools. More>>
Two of the best teachers in Wisconsin are working right here in the Madison area. More>>
Thousands of teacher retirements across Wisconsin mean thousands of brand-new teachers beginning their careers. More>>
Some parents are bracing themselves for an emotional morning next month, when they drop their children off at school for the first time. More>>
The National Retail Federation expects most parents to spend $600 on back to school shopping. If you're looking to limit what you spend, here's what consumer experts say to do. More>>
Wisconsin students' average ACT scores increased this year, compared to 2010. More>>
Wisconsin college students will pay more to go to school in Minnesota under the states' new reciprocity pact. More>>
The Madison Metropolitan School District is reminding parents about important health information for kids headed back to school. More>>
The Madison Streets Division is joining forces with local and student organizations to make waste-reduction easier for students moving out on or before August 14. More>>
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families announced the launch of its new child care rating website, YoungStar, Thursday at the Learning Gardens Child Development Center in Madison. More>>
With the school year less than a month away, the UW-Madison police department hopes to roll out an upgrade to its WISC alert system soon. More>>
You can add Facebook to your list of stops for back-to-school shopping. More>>
Some Madison kids will help other kids as they start the school year. More>>
Parents, teachers and union supporters gathered at the state street entrance of the Capitol today, they say - to save our schools More>>
The new school year is just weeks away and for the 18th year, the Vogul Foundation is collecting donations for the "School Supplies for Kids" program. More>>
Back to school shopping is already underway. Stores, like Target, put out their display weeks ago. More>>
On Wednesday, superintendent Tony Evers announced federal grants for 45 Wisconsin charter schools. 30 of those schools will open for the first time in the upcoming school year. More>>
The UW System Board of Regent's decision will make for a 5.5 percent increase at all of the 26 two- and four-year colleges in the system. More>>
The Wisconsin high school where a student took his classroom hostage less than a year ago is getting more security cameras. More>>
MADISON (WKOW) -- Governor Scott Walker is working with the State Superintendent to create a new accountability system for all publicly-funded schools. More>>
Governor Scott Walker and state superintendent Tony Evers are uniting to create a new accountability system to cover all publicly funded schools in Wisconsin. More>>
As the contentious collective bargaining law gets set to take effect next week many questions remain about the future of the state's teacher's union. More>>
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