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Janesville School Districts Bridges program has helped improve test scores in elementary students from below state average to above the state average.

MADISON - The state schools superintendent will not support the Republican-backed push aiming to ensure sure younger kids are ready to read before the third grade.

The statewide math and English proficiency rates calculated out of those exams are based on the total number of students enrolled, not the number of students who actually took the exams.

The Forward Exam results showed grades 3 to 5 at or above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA), Math, Science and Social Studies.

District to receive $900,000 in American Rescue Plan funds North Crawford NORTH CRAWFORD - Superintendent Brandon Munson informed members of the North Crawford School Board that the district expects to receive about $900,000 more in COVID relief funding.  This brings the total coming to the district from the three COVID relief bills to a total of about $1.5 million. These latest of the funds will come to the district as part of the $1.9 trillion American Re...

State Testing on April 21 & 28 State Testing on April 21 & 28 State Testing on April 21 & 28 Posted on 04/06/2021 Mandated state testing has remained unchanged for the 2020-21 school year. This year 9th and 10th grade students will be required to take the ACT Aspire (9th & 10th graders) & Forward Exam (10th graders). The goal of Aspire is to identify learning gaps early on to help students stay on track for college readiness, while also preparing students for the content on the ACT that is take...

Racine teachers worry about returning to class without vaccine Racine teachers worry about returning to class without vaccine On Monday night, the Racine Unified School District unveiled its plan to bring students back to the school board, which includes extra cleaning, social distancing measures and more, but teachers say it isnt enough until theyre fully vaccinated. RACINE, Wis. - To return to in-person or not was the debate continuing Monday night, Feb. 22 at the Racine Unified School D...

Candidate for state school superintendent is clueless about state requirements.

New study profiles open enrollment program, examines school district impact The News: With the approach of National School Choice Week, January 24-29, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) provides a first of its kind look at Wisconsin’s open enrollment program, arguably Wisconsin’s largest and most popular school choice program. Wisconsin’s open enrollment program serves more than 62,000 Wisconsin students who choose to attend public schools outside of their designated attenda...

Willow River Counselor Sarah Flier was among 5 finalists recognized our of 100,000 nationwide counselors. Written By: Rebecca C. Mariscal | 4:06 pm, Dec. 21, 2020 × Sarah Flier HUDSON -- Out of more than a hundred thousand counselors nationwide, Hudson’s own Sarah Flier was selected as one of five finalists for the American School Counselor Association’s National Counselor of the Year. Flier, who works at Willow River Elementary, was selected as the Wisconsin Couns...