WCRIS knows many choice schools are anxiously awaiting more guidance for 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, referred to as the Right to Read Act. The DPI’s Early Literacy Council is close to producing a list of recommended curricula that will go to the state legislature for approval. It’s estimated that schools should have that list going into [...]
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Current Events
A library of WCRIS weekly E-letters that keeps you updated on issues of concern to private schools
19 Results found for category: Reading
New Reading Regulations FAQ
September 14, 2023
An FAQ about new Right to Read Act regulations that impact grades K-3 in choice schools is now available. The information was shared with WCRIS this week during our regular meeting with the DPI. The FAQ addresses current questions the department is getting from schools. More DPI guidance is coming soon. WCRIS will share it when [...]
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Governor Signs State Budget, Right to Read Act
August 03, 2023
Education Funding Until the Year 2425? Gov. Evers signed the Republican-generated 2023-25 state budget in early July, but not without putting his powerful veto pen to work. Most notably, he cleverly pieced together an increase in public school funding for the next 400 years by striking out words, a few numbers and a hyphen. Public [...]
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Right to Read Act Signed by Governor
July 20, 2023
Gov. Tony Evers signed 2023 Wisconsin Act 20, known as the Right to Read Act, yesterday after weeks of tireless revisions from the Legislature. It overhauls how teachers teach and students learn reading in grades K-3 in public, charter and choice schools. It promotes phonics; prohibits a teaching strategy called “3-cueing;” changes student assessments; requires more [...]
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Voucher Schools Face New Reading Regs
June 29, 2023
UPDATE: Gov. Tony Evers signed this bill into law on July 19, 2023. The DPI can now begin its rule-making process. Stay tuned to Current Events for updates. Despite WCRIS’ warnings about government overreach and the regulation of voucher schools in the state’s reading bill, it now awaits the governor’s signature. He hasn’t indicated whether [...]
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Reading Wars
June 22, 2023
The Assembly passed Bill 321, nicknamed the “Right to Read Act”, yesterday, which attempts to overhaul how reading is taught, learned and tested in Wisconsin. Because of potential government overreach into choice schools, WCRIS testified in opposition to the Assembly’s reading bill and the Senate’s companion bill last week. After conferring with other leading organizations on literacy [...]
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Lawmakers Address Why Johnny Can’t Read; WCRIS Supports Voucher Increase
June 13, 2023
It’s been a busy week for WCRIS’ lobbyists! In case you missed it, Democrat Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos announced last week that they reached a major deal that, among other things, mainly addressed shared revenue and education funding. Part of that deal allocates a [...]
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Reading Success at Messmer Catholic Schools
March 02, 2023
Conversations on literacy instruction and policy are heating up in Wisconsin. Just today, WCRIS monitored a joint Assembly and Senate Education committee meeting at the state Capitol about potential strategies to improve literacy in Wisconsin. A body of research called the “Science of Reading” – which emphasizes phonics instruction – was the centerpiece of the conversations [...]
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WCRIS Webinars: Science of Reading; Transportation
February 16, 2023
“Science of Reading” In the wake of poor literacy test scores, research and legislative initiatives around the “Science of Reading” have swept the nation, including Wisconsin. But what is that? WCRIS has partnered with an Amplify Education literacy specialist to bring you a relevant webinar that will explore the “Science of Reading” and nine proven points of [...]
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