EDUCATION
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A Mondovi High Schooler Died While COVID-Positive. The School Board Still Didn’t Require Masks.
Dylan Passa is the second school-age Wisconsinite to die after testing positive for COVID-19 since the school year began.
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‘My Family No Longer Feels Safe’: School Board Members Face Threats, Harassment Over COVID Safety Rules
One outgoing school board member says she hopes the current toxic political climate encourages more young people to speak up and get involved.
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‘Made-Up Political Outrage’: Republican Legislators Target Efforts to Teach About Historic Racism
Professor responds that students “don’t have to agree with me, but they do have to think.”
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Menomonie School Board Ends Mandatory COVID Contact Quarantines, Leaves Decision With Parents
The vote comes after the school board voted twice last month against requiring masks amid a nationwide surge of the Delta COVID-19 variant.
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Most Wisconsin School Districts Aren’t Requiring Masks. There Are Already Outbreaks.
With school barely back in session, hundreds of kids and staff are already COVID-positive or quarantined across Wisconsin.
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DPI Hints That Schools Might Face Lawsuits If They Don’t Require Masks
Letter offers a thinly veiled warning about running amok of federal investigations into school mask bans and the Americans With Disabilities Act’s equal education policy.
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After National Lambasting, Waukesha Schools Opt Back Into Free Meals Program
One board member who refused to change his stance told his colleagues to “find their fortitude and their spine.”
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‘Our Hopes Lie With All of You’: 500 Wisconsin Pediatricians Call on Schools to Require Masks
With the school year just around the corner and COVID-19 cases surging, medical experts say it’s key to require masks in schools.
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‘It’s Part of Who I Am’: Education Advocates Slam Bills That Would Whitewash History Classes
Sponsors say discussions of institutional racism and implicit bias will make white people feel bad.
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UW System Faces Uphill Battle After State Funding Freeze, Pandemic, Reports Find
Wisconsin needs strong schools to attract and maintain a healthy workforce, but the state’s top two research facilities face numerous struggles.
