Education

Wisconsin Early Childhood Association blasts proposed Head Start changes

WECA says proposal would roll back protections for children and families

Student loan defaults surge in Wisconsin after end of payment pause

More than 108,000 Wisconsinites haven’t made payments in nearly one year

Wisconsin Youth Co. holds back to school supply drive

Goal is to give away 600 backpacks

Wisconsin high schoolers score higher on AP tests but some cite lower standards

Grading criteria for advanced placement exams has changed

Madison School Board adopts resolution calling for greater property tax transparency

The board said it adopted the resolution out of a belief that taxpayers deserve clear, accurate and complete information

Marquette professor Majeed Hayat receives NSF grant to develop smarter imaging

Grant of $600,000 designed to advance hyperspectral imaging used in medicine, environmental monitoring and agriculture

Public invited to hearing on renaming César Chávez Elementary School

The district received 76 name proposals during the public submission period, whittling it down to 16 possibilities for public rumination

UW-Green Bay first to offer reduced-credit degree this fall

The computer science program will offer a 100-credit bachelor’s degree that can be completed in about three-and-a-half years

Can Wisconsin’s health apprenticeships become a national model? UW Health thinks so

UW Health leaders created a new company called WorkForward to help health care systems and state agencies nationwide create their own apprenticeship programs

Literacy Network receives $50,000 AT&T community investment

The money will support its digital literacy programs for underserved adults
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