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Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse, Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio.

Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students

Madison community unites to mourn victims of Abundant Life Christian School shooting

Crosses at Madison school shooting vigil

‘It’s about time’: Wisconsin teachers celebrate judge’s Act 10 ruling

A crowd fills the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda on the fifth day of labor demonstrations, Feb. 16, 2011, in Madison, Wis. Thousands came to protest the governor's proposal to eliminate collective bargaining for most public workers. Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin filed a lawsuit Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, attempting to end the state's near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees.

Trump’s reelection puts elimination of Department of Education on the table

Then Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 Conference on July 27, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Wisconsin school districts face new discrimination complaints

The Hartford Union High School District is one of several Wisconsin school districts facing federal Title IX complaints related to their treatment of transgender and nonbinary students.

Student walking down an aisle of bookshelves.

School vouchers suck money out of public schools, hurt low-income kids, expert says

The Transgender flag is displayed during the Transgender Day of Remembrance Gathering at Washington Square Park in New York, NY on November 20, 2023.

Federal complaint accuses Kettle Moraine School District of violating discrimination rules

Children sit in a classroom.

At least 120 school districts are asking voters for more funding this fall

Law enforcement personnel respond to a report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, Wednesday, May 1, 2024.

Baldwin helps secure mental health funding for Mount Horeb schools after shooting

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Milwaukee-area school district hit with discrimination complaint over book removal

Tim Walz

Tim Walz’s record highlights differences between Democrats, Republicans on education

Project 2025 would change public education as we know it, experts say

Graduating college students sitting during a ceremony.

Biden administration forgives more student loan debt

Mandy Brice makes a drink at Trappers Run Golf Club in Wisconsin Dells on Wednesday, June 19. Brice, a first grade teacher, bartends on the side to help pay the bills.

School’s out for summer, but many Wisconsin teachers have to take second jobs

A Lion electric school bus is seen on display in Austin, Texas, Feb. 22, 2023. The Transportation Department is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero and low emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories. The grants will enable transit agencies and state and local governments to buy 1,700 U.S.-built buses, nearly half of which will have zero carbon emissions. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Wisconsin schools get federal funds for new clean school buses

The Biden administration has approved more than $16 billion in funding for historically Black colleges and universities.

Biden praises diversity of American education while GOP works to defund it

Photo by Yannis Papanastasopoulos on Unsplash.

Biden cancels debt for students of defunct Art Institute of Wisconsin