Department of Public Instruction

More Recess? Bill Would Give Every Student Council Candidate Their Wish

Proposal would mandate at least 60 minutes of recess through 6th grade.

More Wisconsin Teachers Have Only Emergency Licenses

Up 20% since 2022. Schools face key staffing shortages, WPF report finds.

Wisconsin Libraries and Museums See Federal Grants Restored

Patrons of all ages put pressure on members of Congress with postcard campaign.

Health Care Costs Are Overwhelming Wisconsin Teacher Salaries

Data shows average teacher spends 20% of their salary on health care benefits.

Report Shows More Than 1 in 3 Wisconsin Students Need Reading Intervention

Problem is worst for 1st graders, new state report shows.

State Literacy Report Says 36% of Youngest Students ‘At Risk’

36% of 4K through third grade Wisconsin students below 25th percentile for reading.

Gov. Evers Highlights Administrations Efforts to Do What’s Best for Kids in 2025 the Year of the Kid

Gov. Evers Highlights 2025 Accomplishments

Representative Shelia Stubbs Introduces 4 Bills to Promote Safer School Communities in Commemoration of the One-Year Anniversary of the Abundant Life Christian School Tragedy

Keeping Wisconsins Promise on Special Education Funding

Representative Angelina Cruz (D-Racine) introduces “Keep Our Promise” legislation on special education reimbursement

Hutton bills protecting local taxpayers receive Senate hearing