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9 Dec 2011, 7:23 am by BEVERLY BUTULA
Did you know that the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction maintains a wonderful resource called the Wisconsin Digital Archives? [read post]
20 May 2016, 5:13 am by Derek Black
Wednesday, a divided Wisconsin Supreme Court held that the 2011 Act 21, which allowed Governor Scott Walker and Secretary of Administration to permanently halt administrative rulemaking, was unconstitutional as it related to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI) as well as the Department of Public Instruction (DPI). [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 9:31 pm by Walter Olson
“The Department of Justice has begun an investigation into Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction, probing whether Milwaukee’s state-administered voucher system is discriminating against students with disabilities. [read post]
14 Oct 2023, 3:53 am
Enrollment has grown almost every year, with more than 29,000 students attending 130 private schools on vouchers in Milwaukee as of October, according to the state Department of Public Instruction....While the state Supreme Court in 1992 found Milwaukee’s voucher program to be constitutional, the complaint alleges “circumstances have changed dramatically since 1992. [read post]
21 Jun 2023, 9:51 am by Bonnie Shucha
Hat tip to Abby Swanton of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for this information [read post]
24 Dec 2013, 10:55 am
Like the “Duck Dynasty” dispute, or the recent fight over renaming a Florida school honoring a founder of the KKK, the Wisconsin fight raises the question of among some people as to whether there is a blanket protection of speech, even when it is hateful to some people....The Wisconsin law, signed by Walker,  amends a 2010 state law that required Wisconsin's Department of Public Instruction to hold a hearing on a school's… [read post]
17 Aug 2023, 11:11 am by Bonnie Shucha
If you’re not familiar with Badgerlink, it is a wonderful collection of databases that is available to all Wisconsin residents through the Department of Public Instruction. [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 7:55 am by Bonnie Shucha
Recollection Wisconsin is a consortium administered by WiLS and managed by six Governing Partners: Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee Public Library and Marquette University. [read post]
7 Sep 2011, 8:05 am by Rick Hasen
Very interesting news from Wisconsin: “Transportation official instructs workers at Division of Motor Vehicles service centers not to tell members of the public that they can obtain voter identification cards free of charge — unless they know to ask for it. [read post]
20 Dec 2013, 8:44 am by Victoria Sweet
Act 250 allowed the Department of Public Instruction to begin a review process if one complaint is received that a school nickname, logo or mascot is offensive. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 11:00 am
As explained in “No Tape, No Testimony,” a new report by the ACLU of Massachusetts and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic at UC Berkeley’s School of Law, police officers and departments are not the only ones who can ensure that body cameras are used responsibly. [read post]
14 Aug 2015, 12:00 pm
” Refusing to take these stereotypes “sitting down,” the ACLU and the ACLU of Wisconsin filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights against Beloit and two other Wisconsin school districts cataloguing this evidence, which was drawn from documents produced by the schools. [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 8:07 am
“What we found was that school districts in Wisconsin didn’t have a chance in front of the Department of Public Instruction in Madison,” said Sam Hall, a lawyer who represented Mukwonago [School District] in a lawsuit. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 5:57 pm by Alan J. Borsuk
  Cutting off Holy Redeemer school in Milwaukee from voucher funds Just before the school year began, the state Department of Public Instruction ordered that Holy Redeemer Christian Academy in Milwaukee be cut off from receiving voucher money for failing to meet financial requirements set by the state. [read post]
24 Mar 2015, 10:02 pm by News Desk
A 10-year testing course is available through the Department of Public Instruction for $100. [read post]
21 Dec 2007, 7:39 am
The Wisconsin Cerebral Palsy Resource Guide is a Guide for individuals and families in Wisconsin affected by cerebral palsy. [read post]
9 Jan 2013, 10:04 am by Marisa Kasriel
Wisconsin Statute section 43.70(3) limits the expenditure of the Common School Fund to “the purchase of instructional materials from the state historical society for use in teaching Wisconsin history and for the purchase of library books and other instructional materials for school libraries . . . [read post]
9 Jun 2008, 4:33 pm
Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction is indefinitely suspending payments to three voucher schools that are not in compliance with regulations: Bessie M. [read post]
15 Mar 2020, 11:00 pm
On Friday, March 13, 2020, at the direction of Governor Evers, the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ordered the closure of all public and private Wisconsin schools for purposes of public instruction and extracurricular activities for the period beginning Wednesday, March 18, 2020, with an anticipated reopening on April 6, 2020. [read post]