Sun Prairie needed school referenda in 2022 and 2024. Why? • SP criticizes state funding, praises low staff ratio. • Board notes adding 153 staff against 121 students lowers pay, creates deficit. • SP concedes. "We could pay people more if we didn't have so many on payroll."

In a new piece Collaborative for Student Success, I argue that NAEP should update its sampling methodology to better capture private school students: eduprogress.org/naep-for-a-new… Michael Petrilli Sandy Kress PIE Network EdTrust Charles Barone Keri Rodrigues Nat Malkus

It looks like the $37,000,000 should well cover curriculum and teacher retraining. According to Public Instruction, total curriculum requests reached $12,500,000, 50% of which is reimbursable under law. So, there is plenty left for training and final switches of curriculum.