Dem guv candidate and state schools Superintendent Tony Evers chalked up Gov. Scott Walker’s refusal to sign onto his department’s statewide education plan as playing politics. Education officials submitted their accountability framework to the feds today. The state’s plan to…
Private school advocates lined up today to voice support for a bill that would make sweeping technical changes to the state’s school choice programs. The bipartisan bill, which is likely to be on the guv’s desk before the end of…
State Superintendent Tony Evers was on pace to easily top his margins of victory for his first two terms, following his election win last night. With almost all precincts in, Evers had 494,845 votes, or 70 percent, while challenger Lowell…
State Superintendent Tony Evers dominated challenger Lowell Holtz in nine of the state’s 10 biggest counties, even as turnout across those counties dipped overall from the spring 2013 general. But three of those counties pulled higher voter turnouts than the…
The Elections Commission expects turnout tomorrow to be between 13 percent and 18 percent, based on recent spring elections that featured a contested DPI race, but no challenger to a sitting Supreme Court justice. Not counting presidential primaries that have…
In his last face-off with Tony Evers before Tuesday’s election, Lowell Holtz slammed the state superintendent for the Wisconsin’s achievement gaps, saying it’s “not acceptable to be the worst” in the country. Holtz said one of the main reasons why…
The Whitnall school board in a letter to district families last night said it has contacted the Milwaukee County District Attorney about former superintendent Lowell Holtz’s possible “misuse of district resources.” But Holtz’s state superintendent campaign accused the district of…
State Superintendent Tony Evers said today he’s pleased with Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal to add $649 million toward K-12, though he’d like some changes in the budget. That includes Walker’s proposal to allow permanent licenses for teachers and administrators…
State schools superintendent challenger Lowell Holtz is going up on radio around the state with an appeal to Wisconsin moms. The 60-second ad also features GOP Sens. Leah Vukmir and Alberta Darling, as well as Rep. Jessie Rodriguez, R-Oak Creek.…
A new TV ad from the progressive Greater Wisconsin Committee praising Evers started today in Green Bay and Milwaukee. The 30-second ad touts “increased academic standards” and graduation rates across the state during Evers’ tenure as superintendent, as well as…