News and Updates

WILL President Rick Esenberg joined Wisconsin Public Radio to explain why WILL is challenging Governor Tony Evers's second COVID emergency declaration in a lawsuit filed in Polk County. Rick answered questions from the host as well as callers.

Listen to Rick's interview with WPR here.

Read Rick's op-ed in the Wisconsin State Journal here.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders highlights for RealClearEducation a blindspot in education reform advocacy: the many regions of America without access to high-performing schools. Flanders uses WILL's recent report on Wisconsin to make the case for more attention from education reform advocates to high-performing school deserts.

Read Will's piece here.

WILL's policy intern Jillian Ludwig writes in the Cap Times on the Madison Metropolitan School District's decision to initiate alternative grading where students cannot do worse than a 50%. Ludwig argues this defeats the main purposes of grading and won't help the students it intends to assist.

Read Jillian's piece here.
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