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K12 EDUCATION

Title Author Year Publication
Preparing Effective Teachers for the Milwaukee Public Schools
How Good a Job Do Wisconsin Schools of Education Do?
Mark C. Schug
Scott Niederjohn
2008 Report
Vol 21 No 1
Fixing the Milwaukee Public Schools
The Limits of Parent-Driven Reform
David Dodenhoff 2007 Report
Vol 20 No 8
The Achievment Gap in Milwaukee Public Schools
Outcomes by Gender Race and Income Level
Sammis White 2007 Report
Vol 20 No 6
My Life and Times with the Madison Schools
Up Close, the Author Finds that Politics Obscure Key Educational Issues
Marc Eisen 2007 WI Interest
Vol 16 No 1
Requiem for Entitlements George Lightbourn 2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 3
The Milwaukee Iron Curtain Scott Niederjohn
Mark C. Schug
2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 3
The Milwaukee Teacher Residency Requirement:
Why It's Bad for Schools, and Why It Won't Go Away
Mark C. Schug
Scott Niederjohn
2006 Report
Vol 19 No 5
The Public Education Cartel
Joe Williams 2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 1
An Educational Head Fake:
Why Wisconsin's School Aid System Won't Change
George Lightbourn 2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 1
A Culture of Complacency:
The Growing Disconnect Between the Schools and the Workplace
Charles J. Sykes 2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 1
Learning English in Wisconsin
Sunny Schubert 2006 WI Interest
Vol 15 No 1
The Status of High School Education in Wisconsin:
A Tale of Two Wisconsins
Philip McDade 2006 Report
Vol 19 No 1
Education That Works in the Milwaukee Public Schools:
The Benefits from Phonics and Direct Instruction
Sammis White 2005 Report
Vol 18 No 4
A Better Way to Teach:
How One Madison School Achieved Success by Bucking the District's Favored Approach
Katherine Esposito 2005 WI Interest
Vol 14 No 2
The Ugly Politics of Parental Choice Opponents George Mitchell 2005 WI Interest
Vol 14 No 2
Health Insurance for Wisconsin Public Schools:
The Case for Competitive Bidding
Miller, James; Niederjohn, Scott
and Cotti, Chad
2005 Report
Vol 18 No 1
Education Task Force:
New Wrapping Can't Disguise Old Ideas
Lightbourn, George 2004 WI Interest
Vol 13 No 3
The Politics of Choice:
Where are School Choice's Friends?
Sykes, Charles J. 2004 WI Interest
Vol 13 No 2
The Education Establishment vs. Conservatives:
Some Objects are Closer than They Appear
Lightbourn, George 2004 WI Interest
Vol 13 No 2
Milwaukee Public Schools:
A City's Lost Economic Promise
Lightbourn, George 2004 WI Interest
Vol 13 No 1
The Supply Side of Educational Choice:
Providing Capital for Successful Private and Parochial Schools
Sweet, Martin 2003 Report
Vol 16 No 9
MPS on the Brink:
Election Results Could Force Program Cuts and School Closings to Save Lavish Fringe Benefits
Kass, Mark 2003 WI Interest
Vol 12 No 3
School Choice Misinformation:
Why Good Journalism Matters
Mitchell, Susan 2003 WI Interest
Vol 12 No 2
The Sorry State of Economic and Financial Education in Wisconsin Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 2003 WI Interest
Vol 12 No 2
Wisconsin's Public Schools:
An Economics-Free Zone
Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 2003 Report
Vol 16 No 4
The Public Schools Come Home:
Online Education is Changing the Roles of Schools, Teachers and Parents
Eisen, Marc 2002 WI Interest
Vol 11 No 3
Rethinking Special Education in Wisconsin Hruz, Thomas 2002 WI Interest
Vol 11 No 3
Are Wisconsin Public School Teachers Really Underpaid? Niederjohn, M. Scott 2002 WI Interest
Vol 11 No 3
Milwaukee's Incredible Shrinking Superintendent Sykes, Charles J. 2002 WI Interest
Vol 11 No 3
Direct Instruction:
A Quiet Revolution in Milwaukee Public Schools
Vukmir, Leah 2002 WI Interest
Vol 11 No 2
The Growth of Special Education in Wisconsin Hruz, Thomas 2002 Report
Vol 15 No 5
Evaluating World History Texts in Wisconsin Public High Schools Kengor, Paul 2002 Report
Vol 15 No 4
Lies and Distortions About Choice:
Setting the Record Straight
Fuller, Howard and Caire, Kaleem 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 3
Wisconsin Teacher Compensation:
A Bum Deal or a Plum Deal
Hruz, Thomas 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 3
School Cap Wars Mayers, Jeff 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 3
Is Junior Ready For Junior Kindergarten McDade, Philip J. 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 3
Charter Schools Grow Up Dodenhoff, David 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 1
2+2=5: Fuzzy Math Invades Wisconsin Schools Vukmir, Leah 2001 WI Interest
Vol 10 No 1
Performance-Based Pay For Teachers In Wisconsin:
Options and Opportunities
Hruz, Thomas 2001 Report
Vol 14 No 4
Direct Instruction And The Teaching Of Early Reading:
Wisconsin's Teacher-Led Insurgency
Schug, Mark C. and Tarver, Sara G.
and Western, D. Richard
2001 Report
Vol 14 No 2
Quality Control:
Merit Pay and Why the Teachers' Unions Stand in the Way
Hruz, Thomas 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 3
An Irish Education Lesson For Wisconsin White, Sammis B. 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 3
Horror Stories from the Public Schools Clowes, George A. 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 2
Can Wisconsin Raise the Bar?:
Standards-Based Education Reform in Wisconsin
Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 2
Political Manipulation of Wisconsin's Students:
Environmental Education in Action
Sanera, Michael 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 1
Tearing Down the Plantation Walls Holt, Mikel 2000 WI Interest
Vol 9 No 1
The Costs and Benefits of Smaller Classes in Wisconsin:
A Further Evaluation Of The SAGE Program
Hruz, Thomas 2000 Report
Vol 13 No 6
Standards-Based Education Reform in Wisconsin:
What It Will Take to Make It Work
Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 2000 Report
Vol 13 No 1
The War Against Grammar Mulroy, David 1999 WI Interest
Vol 8 No 2
Will Wisconsin Ever Be Up To The Test? Vukmir, Leah 1999 WI Interest
Vol 8 No 2
Distance Learning:
Education's New Oedipus
Durden, William and Polivka, Bryan 1999 WI Interest
Vol 8 No 1
Remedial Budgeting for the Milwaukee Public Schools Miller, James H. 1999 WI Interest
Vol 8 No 1
How School Choice Almost Died in Milwaukee Mitchell, Susan 1999 Report
Vol 12 No 6
Homeschooling in Wisconsin:
A Review of Current Issues and Trends
Luebke, Robert 1999 Report
Vol 12 No 4
School to Work in Wisconsin:
Inflated Claims, Meager Results
Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 1999 Report
Vol 12 No 1
How We Won the Choice Case Bolick, Clint 1998 WI Interest
Vol 7 No 2
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors:
A Critical Look at Smaller Class Sizes
Hruz, Thomas 1998 WI Interest
Vol 7 No 2
Between Scylla and Charybdis:
The Challenges Ahead for Parental School Choice in Wisconsin
McKinley, Daniel M. 1998 WI Interest
Vol 7 No 2
Evading the Issue of Biased Environmental Education in Wisconsin Sanera, Michael 1998 WI Interest
Vol 7 No 1
Skills for the Future: Milwaukee's Workforce Sheehy, Timothy 1997 WI Interest
Vol 6 No 2
The Real Evidence:
An Honest Research Update on School Choice Experiments
Fuller, Howard 1997 WI Interest
Vol 6 No 2
Wisconsin's New Charter School Law:
A Promising Opportunity for Further Education Reform in Milwaukee
Mitchell, Susan 1997 WI Interest
Vol 6 No 2
Writing Wisconsin's Educational Standards:
Little Room for Dissent
Vukmir, Leah 1997 WI Interest
Vol 6 No 2
Why the Educators Are Wrong, and Mom and Dad Are Right:
The Homeschooling Movement in Wisconsin
Luebke, Robert 1997 WI Interest
Vol 6 No 1
Introducing Rigorous Standards into Wisconsin's Schools:
The Virginia Model
Durden, William, and Vukmir, Leah 1997 Report
Vol 10 No.1
The Educational Performance of Hmong Students in Wisconsin Hutchison, Ray 1997 Report
Vol 10 No 8
Deregulating Teacher Training In Wisconsin Schug, Mark C. and Western, D. Richard 1997 Report
Vol 10 No 4
The Academics of School-to-Work Durden, William 1996 WI Interest
Vol 5 No 1
Why Choice Supporters Can't Relax Mitchell, Susan 1996 WI Interest
Vol 5 No 1
How to Fix the Schools Nemko, Martin 1996 WI Interest
Vol 5 No 1
Reforming Public Education in Wisconsin:
Moving from Bureaucracy to Accountability
Cibulka, James 1996 Report
Vol 9 No 7
Environmental Education in Wisconsin:
What the Textbooks Teach
Sanera, Michael 1996 Report
Vol 9 No 5
The Value of Fringe Benefits and Tenure in Wisconsin
Public versus Private
Cebula, Richard 1996 Report
Vol 9 No 1
Sex Education in the Milwaukee Public Schools Carson, Christopher S. 1995 WI Interest
Vol 4 No 2
"Free Education Zones" Freedman, Joe 1995 WI Interest
Vol 4 No 2
Self-Esteem Mania Sykes, Charles J. 1995 WI Interest
Vol 4 No 1
School Resources (Do Not Equal) School Output Wolfe, Barbara L. 1995 WI Interest
Vol 4 No 1
Expanded School Choice:
A Profile of Eligible Students and Schools
Fuller, Howard and White, Sammis B. 1995 Report
Vol 8 No 5
A Betrayal of Teachers by Their Union Fischer, Michael 1994 WI Interest
Vol 3 No 2
No Rewards Sykes, Charles J. 1994 WI Interest
Vol 3 No 2
Sometimes So Simple, It's Sad Hartmann, Michael E. 1994 WI Interest
Vol 3 No 1
Why MPS Will Continue to Fail Mitchell, Susan 1994 WI Interest
Vol 3 No 1
The ABC's of OBE Still, Thomas W. 1994 WI Interest
Vol 3 No 1
Dual Education in the Madison Metropolitan School District Korris, Steven J. 1994 Report
Vol 7 No 2
Why MPS Doesn't Work:
Barriers to Reform in the Milwaukee Public Schools
Mitchell, Susan 1994 Report
Vol 7 No 1
Why I Quit Teaching Fischer, Michael 1993 WI Interest
Vol 2 No 2
Dumbing Down Our Kids Sykes, Charles J. 1993 WI Interest
Vol 2 No 2
Talent Derailed Durden, William and Carol Mills 1993 WI Interest
Vol 2 No 1
We (Still) Have A Dream Holt, Mikel 1993 WI Interest
Vol 2 No 1
Anatomy of a Boondoggle Sykes, Charles J. 1993 WI Interest
Vol 2 No 1
Educational Choice in Wisconsin:
Public Funds for Private Schools Early Childhood through Post-Secondary
Mitchell, Susan 1993 Report
Vol 6 No 4
Blaming the School Andres, Morris 1992 WI Interest
Vol 1 No 2
Smoke Screens Quade, Quentin L. 1992 WI Interest
Vol 1 No 2
Fuller's Chance Sykes, Charles J. 1992 WI Interest
Vol 1 No 1
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Mitchell, George 1992 Report
Vol 5 No 5
Restructuring Wisconsin's Educational System:
How Effective is the Department of Public Instruction?
Cibulka, James 1991 Report
Vol 4 No 4
Challenging Our Brightest Students:
A Regional High School of Excellence
White, Sammis and Wagner, John 1991 Report
Vol 4 No 3
Fiscal Accountability in Milwaukee's Public Elementary Schools:
Where Does The Money Go?
Fischer, Michael 1990 Report
Vol 3 No 4
Evaluating Wisconsin's Teachers:
It Can Be Done
Bingham, Richard and Heywood, John 1989 Report
Vol 2 No 9
An Evaluation of State-Financed School Integration in Metropolitan Milwaukee Mitchell, George 1989 Report
Vol 2 No 5
The Lack of Confidence in Public Education in Wisconsin Black, Gordon S. 1989 Report
Vol 2 No 4
Educational Choice:
Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions About Mediocrity in American Education and What Can be Done About It
John E. Chubb
Terry M. Moe
1989 Report
Vol 2 No 3
Fiscal Accountability in Wisconsin's Public Elementary Schools White, Sammis and Rue, Richard 1989 Report
Vol 2 No 1
The Rising Costs of the "Chapter 220" Program in Wisconsin Mitchell, George 1988 Report
Vol 1 No 4

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