Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education NetworkJanuary 27, 2022. Kids Can’t Wait: Use historic surplus to support Wisconsin’s children Wisconsin’s kids need the plan put forward today by Governor Evers to use $611 million of the state’s historic $3.8 billion surplus to support Wisconsin students now! The current budget provides $0 in increased spending […]
To read this release as a PDF, click here. After four years of inaction on common-sense recommendations, Wisconsin lawmakers are failing our kids. We tracked education legislation all year. Wisconsin legislators failed to meet kids’ needs and played political games instead. Four years ago today, Speaker Vos formed a bipartisan Blue Ribbon Commission on School […]
July 8, 2021. Joint Statement from Dr. Julie Underwood, President, Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools, and Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network in Response to Passage of State Budget Bill and Governor Evers’ Veto Message. View this release as a PDF here. Governor Evers proposed an education budget that offered a road […]
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With a gap-widening budget now on his desk, and six days to take action, Governor Tony Evers must use his expansive veto power to make this budget better for Wisconsin’s children and their public schools. On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, the State Assembly passed a budget that provided no increase to public school districts’ revenue […]
Wisconsin has spoken on the state budget. Now let’s make sure we’re heard. Take action now before it’s too late, and share these stories to amplify kids’ needs. Wisconsin Public Education Network partners across the state took local action on June 21, 2021 — and throughout the week — to demand that the legislature pass […]
See all monthly Wisconsin Public Education Network Action Newsletters on our website at WisconsinNetwork.org/Action-News.To receive the Action Newsletters via email, make sure you join our mailing list and select “Newsletter” under “Email Interests.”If you have news, actions, achievements, or updates you’d like us to include in our next newsletter, submit them at this form! There […]
The Joint Finance Committee will vote on the Education Budget on Thursday, May 27, and has presented an alternative proposal that signals an intent to reject both the Governor’s budget and the testimony submitted at hearings around the state. The budget they put forward will be brought before the entire legislature for a vote in the coming months: […]
See all monthly Wisconsin Public Education Network Action Newsletters on our website at WisconsinNetwork.org/Action-News.To receive the Action Newsletters via email, make sure you join our mailing list and select “Newsletter” under “Email Interests.”If you have news, actions, achievements, or updates you’d like us to include in our next newsletter, submit them at this form! CAN […]
See all bi-weekly Wisconsin Public Education Network Action Newsletters on our website at WisconsinNetwork.org/Action-News. If you have news, actions, achievements, or updates you’d like us to include in our next newsletter, submit them at this form! Read on for news that matters to Wisconsin kids and their public schools, action opportunities you can take right […]