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Too easy or too tough? 25 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Most teachers across Wisconsin will incorporate the Common Core standards into math and English lessons this fall. Joseph W. Jackson III/For the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Main sto...
What Common Core requires 25 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Main story: Click here to read the full story on why the standards are under attack. Common Core sets a series of benchmarks for what K-12 students should know and when they should know it. In some ...
New school standards under attack 25 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Kim Simac, a Tea Party activist, says the Common Core standards are “spreading across the country without much input.” She hopes to pressure state lawmakers to halt their implementation. Photo courtes...
Campaign cash is his niche 21 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
By Bill Lueders Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Bill Lueders, Money and Politics Project director David Julseth may be one of the busiest people in Wisconsin. His job: Tracking th...
Slideshow: Inside the Penokee harvest camp 15 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
Republished from Wisconsin Public Radio: The Harvest Camp in the Penokee Hills is in legal limbo as Iron County and the Lac Courte Oreilles tribe work to figure out its future. Meanwhile, the camp c...
Walker’s picks recast labor board 14 Aug 2013 | 05:39 am
By Bill Lueders Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Bill Lueders, Money and Politics Project director Most people in Wisconsin don’t know the Labor and Industry Review Commission even exis...
Racine murder case gets benefit of teamwork that helps ‘connect the dots’ 6 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
Elizabeth Mendoza, a friend from work, touches the face of the deceased Ryan Lockridge during his funeral at the Searching Together Baptist Church in Racine on July 22, 2005. Lockridge was one of thre...
Unions sapped, other lobbying strong 5 Aug 2013 | 09:59 pm
By Bill Lueders Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Bill Lueders, Money and Politics Project director Special interest groups in Wisconsin spent less trying to sway state law and policy in...
Your Right to Know: Don’t delay on records requests 5 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
By Bill Lueders Bill Lueders On July 30, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported on newly released emails between Scott Walker’s campaign staff and county aides in 2010, back when the future governo...
Evjue Foundation steps up with largest gift from a Wisconsin donor 2 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
The Evjue Foundation, the charitable arm of The Capital Times, has awarded the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism a major grant to support its award-winning investigative reporting and trai...
