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3:52 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

For Ninth Consecutive Year, More Students On Free And Reduced-Price Lunch Plans

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A map illustrating the percentage of children on a free or reduced-price lunch plan. Some districts have upwards of 90 percent of their students on a plan.

The number of students in Wisconsin receiving free and reduced-price school meals has increased for the ninth straight school year.

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Education
4:16 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Study Finds Wisconsin Schools With Higher Poverty Rates Face Bigger Cuts

Credit Forward Institute
A graph visualizing the severe revenue cuts for schools with higher rates of poverty.

A new study Wisconsin finds that schools with higher poverty have experienced bigger budget cuts than more affluent school districts.

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Education
2:56 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Poll Says Freeze Tuition, But Give UW More Money

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Bascom Hall, the flagship building of the UW-Madison campus. Poll data suggests that Wisconsin citizens want a UW tuition freeze.

  Freeze University of Wisconsin (UW) tuition, but give the university system more state tax funds. Those are the messages from a new poll.

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Education
11:02 am
Tue May 14, 2013

GOP Considers Statewide School Vouchers

Credit Shawn Johnson / WPR News
Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester)

GOP lawmakers are pushing for school vouchers to expand statewide — further than an expansion plan fellow Republican Governor Scott Walker recommends.

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