Wisconsin Education NewsMarch 17, 2026A daily update of education news and events that are taking place around Wisconsin. From The Marshall Memo- Survey on AI and Teacher Evaluations Kim Marshall would appreciate your candid thoughts on this hot topic: how artificial intelligence is being used in the teacher evaluation process. Click here to complete the brief survey. School leaders discuss programs, challenges, and collaboration with local businesses at forum LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) - Six La Crosse County school leaders talked to business leaders Monday about how they can work together to find opportunities that help both of them. Schools involved included the four county public districts in La Crosse, West Salem, Holmen, and Onalaska, as well as the county’s two private schools, Aquinas and Luther High Schools. The forum was hosted by the La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce. Beloit schools to look at deans vs. assistant principals again BELOIT — The School District of Beloit may bring back assistant principal positions to at least some of its elementary schools. Last August, the Beloit Board of Education approved replacing assistant principals at the district’s five elementary schools with deans of students in a purely cost-cutting move. On Tuesday, March 17, the board will consider a proposal from Interim Superintendent Wayne Anderson to bring back assistant principals to elementary schools with 450 or more students. Clinton Elementary to host astronomical society lecture as part of Community Activities Program CLINTON - Clinton Elementary School will host an American Astronomical Society Lecture about the revolutionary discoveries that have come from the James Webb Space Telescope since it was launched on Christmas Day 2021. On Tuesday, April 21, University of Toledo Michael Cushing will talk about how the space telescope was designed, built, and launched along with some of its most significant discoveries from observing galaxies formed as many as 13 billion years ago. Wrightstown Community School District appoints new superintendent WRIGHTSTOWN, Wis. (WFRV) – Officials with the Wrightstown Community School District Board of Directors have selected the district’s next superintendent.According to a release, Wrightstown’s next superintendent will be Dirk Ribbens. Ribbens currently serves as the principal of Ashwaubenon High School and has more than 30 years of experience in education, including in leadership roles such as principal, associate principal, and classroom teacher. Two Rivers elementary school grade realignment to begin in 2026-27 TWO RIVERS – The Two Rivers Public School District is gearing up for the first year of its elementary school realignment plan. The realignment is planned in two phases. In the first, which will be implemented for the 2026-27 school year, all 4K and kindergarten students will attend Koenig while all fourth grade students will attend Magee. Grades 1, 2 and 3 will remain in their current home schools. As part of the Department of Public Instruction’s strategic plan and commitment to modernizing and improving the agency, and in preparation for the April 24, 2026, Title II ADA digital accessibility deadline, the DPI is currently undertaking a major update to its external website, www.dpi.wi.gov.
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