The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), a conservative-leaning legal firm, is challenging Madison West High School’s use of “affinity spaces.” Last week, West High sent out an invitation to parents of students of color to participate in affinity spaces concerning police brutality and the recent conviction of Derek Chauvin — the former Minneapolis […]
Madison school board approves employee handbook changes
The Madison school board voted four to three last night to approve changes to the district’s employee handbook. The changes mean a switch to how the district reviews its teachers for personnel decisions. Notably, the changes remove seniority as the sole factor determining which teachers get laid off first. Under the new policies, seniority would […]
Madison parents, teachers push for increased transparency in hidden ca...
Last month, an investigation by Isthmus revealed that, in 2019, top administrators at the Madison Metropolitan School District greenlit plans to install hidden cameras in a changing room used by disabled students at Madison East High School. The goal of the plan, which also included hidden cameras in a coach’s office near the boys’ locker […]
New Report Identifies Barriers to Teacher Diversity in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Policy Forum, a nonpartisan research organization, released a report on March 17th which identified that barriers at every step of becoming a teacher are stalling people of color from joining the state’s teacher workforce. The report documents specific barriers and challenges people of color encounter when pursuing an educational career that are not […]
Madison Metropolitan School District plans to reopen
Students in the state’s second largest school district have been learning at home for a few weeks short of a full year. Earlier this week, some younger students in the Madison Metropolitan School District returned to in-person classes. And today, the district announced plans for a return to in-person instruction for all students by May. […]
Madison’s Kindergarteners return to classrooms
Last spring, the pandemic forced schools to close. For nearly a year, the Madison Metropolitan School District has been holding classes online. But that pivot to virtual education was particularly difficult for some parents of younger students. Earlier today, as Madison’s kindergarteners were wrapping up their first day of in-person school, WORT spoke with parents […]
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