Current Events

An estimated 50,000 people have flocked to a spontaneous outpouring of non-stop, student-led prayer at the Methodist Asbury University in rural Kentucky, overwhelming the local infrastructure and drawing praise from former Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Cardinal Dolan is now the Archbishop of New York. A historian by training, Dolan talks about faith and reason and the role of religion in education [...]

Public school students’ reading and math abilities have declined to an alarming level, according to annual test scores recently released by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Catholic school students’ scores, however, landed higher than their public school counterparts. Private school participation was not high enough to warrant an overall national sample. [...]

The beginning of another school year is an exciting, but challenging time. As teachers spend time getting to know their classes, they learn students’ strengths and the areas where additional support may be needed. Some students may be in need of help beyond what your school is already providing so it’s imperative that private school [...]

From deaths of loved ones to loss of rituals and routines, children and youth have experienced many types of loss during the pandemic. Attending to a young person’s grief helps them heal and become healthier and more resilient moving forward, experts say. The Wisconsin Office of Children’s Mental Health has a new fact-sheet, Supporting Child [...]

The Wisconsin DOJ Office of School Safety, in partnership with Safe and Sounds Schools, will be hosting a free webinar on the increase in school violence. The webinar is on November 10 at 12 pm. You can register for the webinar here.

WCRIS got some welcome support in its quest to simplify teacher licensure in Wisconsin. A new report by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) documents how the teacher licensure system is choking the supply of teachers. While state law does not require teacher licensure in private K-12 schools, many of our WCRIS jurisdictions [...]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a ransomware alert. This comes after an increase in ransomware attacks that have stolen sensitive information and files from attacked computers. Schools are not immune to cyber-attacks and should take the necessary precautions to protect themselves. This includes routine [...]

This year’s Herb Kohl awards are underway and applications are open for students, teachers, and principals. Nominations for teachers and principals are due October 15, 2021. Teachers and principals can only apply if they are nominated and anyone can nominate them. Student applications are open and are due November 15, 2021. Information about how to [...]