We went to EVERY SINGLE Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Hearing and we LISTENED. We broke down the testimony into many “buckets” of issues. The main buckets that were identified were: Children’s needs, Teacher Crisis, Fixing the Funding Formula and Truth in Budgeting. WPEN has a short handout describing the importance of each of […]
Wisconsin voters want to know where candidates stand on the issues that matter to them! Our strategy team developed questions based on the issues most important to supporters of strong public schools, and invited all candidates for US Senate and Congress to respond. See the full results below or click here for a pdf. If […]
#VotePublic statewide Week of Action is Oct. 1-6, 2018! We call on all local teams, districts, and organizations to coordinate actions and help us amplify them during this week. Whether you’re holding a forum or writing postcards, sharing candidate information or getting to know where candidates stand, you can be part of this week of action! […]
September 20, 2018 Public education advocates celebrated as 2018 Friends of Education Parents and supporters of Wisconsin’s public schools gathered in Madison today as they were recognized by the Department of Public Instruction as a 2018 Friend of Education in the State of Education Address by Superintendent Tony Evers. With over 60 Network partners […]
We are honored and thrilled to share that Wisconsin Public Education Network (that’s all of us!) has been named a 2018 Friend of Education by Dr. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. This recognition is an affirming sign that the work that is taking place all over the state to support strong public […]
View a pdf of this story here. July 30, 2018 Public School Supporters Applaud Budget Recommendation To Restore Funding to Meet Needs of Students with Disabilities Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Education Network (WPEN) partners around the state reacted with uniform excitement this morning to Dr. Tony Evers’ plan to increase special education funding in the 2019 […]
June 4, 2018 Public School Supporters Call for Results at Final Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding Hearing Madison, Wisconsin. Wisconsin public education supporters are uniting at the Capitol today to send a final message to members of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding, which is holding the last of its statewide tour of public […]
We are thrilled to announce that registration is now live for our 4th Annual SUMMER SUMMIT, and you are invited to join us! This is our once-a-year opportunity to get all the people who know and care the most about what’s going on in our public schools together – to listen, learn, connect, and celebrate […]
This post was originally published in the May 2018 edition of Union Labor News. Will 2018 Be a Blue Ribbon Year for our Students and Schools? It’s up to us. By Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network “They don’t care what we think. They don’t listen to a word we say.” It was a […]
Revenue Limits are the set amount each district is allowed by the state to spend per pupil. These limits were set in 1993 and frozen under Governor Walker, so they are no longer increased yearly to adjust for inflation. The difference between the revenue limit and the amount of state aid received is paid for […]