Department of Public Instruction

Milwaukee Public Schools Reaches Highest Graduation Rate In 16 Years

MPS hits 72% on-time graduation as state numbers climb and absenteeism trends downward statewide.

New Report Finds North Side Schools Failing Black Students

Students underperforming their peers in every state, City Forward Collective finds.

Who Will Run the Next Election in Small-Town Wisconsin?

Aging clerks are hard to replace; and the state’s election system depends on them.

Wisconsin Assembly Is Done Legislating for 2026

Here's what lawmakers got done -- and left unfinished.

Senate Republicans Push Trans Bills Despite Likely Vetoes

Measures would ban transition surgeries for minors, restrict transgender athletes and reshape who controls state agency rules.

Milwaukee Schools Have Low Level of Dual Enrollment Participation

College level courses less likely at schools with high rates of poverty.

Representative Shelia Stubbs, Ms. Debra Hawkes, Mother of 15-Year-Old Autistic Student, and Community Partners Hold Press Conference Regarding Treatment of Autistic Student

Farm to School Advisory Council Nominations Due May 15

DWD Offers $1 Million in Teacher Training and Recruitment Grants

Tom Tiffany Demands Full Audit of Wisconsins Department of Public Instruction After Nearly $400k Water Park Junket

Virginia Hart Special Recognition and Outstanding Leadership Winners Announced

Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski Announces Historic $73.5 Million Common School Fund Distribution for Wisconsin Public Schools