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 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 […]
Please see below for our press release responding to the Governor’s Budget Address. You can view this release online as a pdf here. Parents and educators around the state were quick to applaud for Governor Evers’ education budget tonight. “Wisconsin desperately needs to invest responsibly in closing our gaps and opening up opportunities for our kids and our […]
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 […]
Registration is now OPEN for the Dec. 16 “People’s Budget” public listening session on education hosted by Gov. Tony Evers and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes. Event begins at 6:00 pm. We strongly encourage you to attend this hearing and share your thoughts on the state budget and what local students need most to ensure their success! TWO […]
NEW! “Get on the Bus” Action Map + Action Grants! It’s time to #GetOnTheBus and #VotePublic for Wisconsin’s kids and their public schools! Please read on for important updates and action alerts. NEW RESOURCES: COVID-19 Related School News – at a glance! Click here for a regularly-updated chronicle of the news around the state related to COVID-19 school […]
Lawmakers need to deliver necessary resources before making unsupported demands for face-to-face instruction.
Click here to TAKE ACTION NOW! PUBLIC EDUCATION ACTION ALERT! Wisconsin Public Education Network partners joined Governor Tony Evers, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Carolyn Stanford Taylor at the Capitol today to applaud a common sense proposal that would restore some of the most critical aid cut from the 2019-2021 education budget while […]
“All of the conversations, all of the polling, points to the fact that the people of Wisconsin do not want this. They want fully and fairly funded public schools. They do not want the failed experiments of Milwaukee forced on them.” Jenni Hofschulte, a Milwaukee Public Schools parent.