
Discussing the reality of school funding isn’t a “degrowth mindset.” We’d all love to see more growth. But until growth returns, keeping funding flat means more $ per pupil. When the K12 pop is growing again, we can reevaluate.
Will Flanders
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Research Director, @WILawLiberty. I tweet about politics and sports. Views expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of my employer.

Discussing the reality of school funding isn’t a “degrowth mindset.” We’d all love to see more growth. But until growth returns, keeping funding flat means more $ per pupil. When the K12 pop is growing again, we can reevaluate.



We should refuse to accept this degrowth mindset, refuse to accept a Wisconsin with "fewer kids to educate." We should be doing more to invest in our future and stop this absurd shell game of shifting the tax burden from the state to already over-burdened local taxpayers.



Wisconsin voters' attitudes toward their property tax bills and school funding are shifting: jsonline.com/story/news/pol…


Voters more concerned with property taxes than school funding, poll shows jsonline.com/story/news/pol… via @MollyBeck




Drivers starting on the front row have won 17 of the last 25 Cup Series races. This is the most wins by the front row over a 25-race span since the spring of 1974, over 50 years ago.



Wisconsin's school levy tax credit is supposed to soften the blow of school spending. But it rewards school districts that increase spending faster than average -- at the expense of taxpayers in districts that restrain their spending. Oops. badgerinstitute.org/school-levy-ta…

Statement by President George W. Bush on Robert Mueller: "Laura and I are deeply saddened by the loss of Robert Mueller. Bob dedicated his life to public service. As a Marine in Vietnam, he proved he was ready for tough assignments. He earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart before returning home to pursue law. In 2001, only one week into the job as the 6th Director of the F.B.I., Bob transitioned the agency mission to protecting the homeland after September 11. He led the agency effectively, helping prevent another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Laura and I send our heartfelt sympathy to his wife of nearly 60 years, Ann, and the Mueller family."




Reading and math proficiency rates have plummeted in the last 25 years, and WI lawmakers’ inaction on addressing the public school funding crisis has contributed to this decline. Learn more about the new lawsuit to change that: fundwipublicschools.org/case