Wisconsin Education NewsJuly 2, 2026A daily update of education news and events that are taking place around Wisconsin. Is Your School’s PLC Fueling Student Growth? The Leading Professional Learning Communities academy will help you build or advance collaborative learning teams in your school or district. Equip yourself, or better yet, a team, to sustain a professional learning community that ensures high levels of student learning and engagement. The academy is designed to help you through unique challenges and will target areas such as leadership, assessment, collaboration and more. Specific areas that will also be addressed in the academy include growing team capacity to have hard conversations, analyzing student work, and protocols for addressing improvement areas identified and informed by data. Most Rock County schools to get increased state aid The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) estimated Tuesday that the School District of Beloit will release an additional $2.1 million in state aid for the 2026-2027 school year. Most Wisconsin school districts to see decline in state aid More than half of Wisconsin’s public school districts will see a drop in state aid next year, with total school aids remaining flat for a third year in a row, the state Department of Public Instruction announced Wednesday. Sparta School District faces $7 million deficit, seeks community input after failed referendum The Sparta Area School District is facing a projected $7 million deficit over the next three years, prompting district leaders to ask the community what priorities should come next. New superintendents take over at Beloit, Hononegah and Clinton Wednesday was day one for new superintendents at three Stateline Area school districts. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today, as required by state law, released an estimate of the general school aids each public school district will receive for the 2026-27 fiscal year. Milwaukee school fire: Lincoln Avenue students, staff in flux The next school year is two months away, and Milwaukee Public Schools is trying to solve its latest issue — where to send hundreds of students and dozens of staff after fire destroyed Lincoln Avenue School on Tuesday. Oakfield High School history teacher receives national recognition In the unincorporated town of St. Kilian, Dr. Karl McCarty is still celebrating. Milwaukee high school basketball players launch 'Playmakers for Peace' campaign against gun violence Five of the Milwaukee area's top high school basketball players are stepping off the court and into the community with a new violence prevention campaign called "Playmakers for Peace," built around a simple message: pause before you react, because one decision can change a life. Every space has its own function, whether it’s an educational studio calling on students to advance their design skills and create a space optimal for learning, or a residential studio where they’re tasked with designing a cozy living room inviting friends to sit and stay awhile. For four days in June, area high school students created their own spaces in the Interior Design: Creating Spaces That Inspire Camp at University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic.
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