Weekly News

DPI is working to streamline support and communication for districts and schools identified under Joint Federal Notifications (ESSA/IDEA). We have...

2019 Wis. Act 118, which revised Wisconsin state law on addressing the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, went into effect on Wednesday,...

This week Deputy State Superintendent Mike Thompson sent district administrators an email COVID-19 school bus safety guidance. The text of the email...

State Superintendent Carolyn Stanford Taylor has prepared a guest editorial reinforcing that the Department of Public Instruction stands with the...

Please pass the following on to families, students, and educators in your schools and districts. Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental...

Due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, testing centers offering the Foundations of Reading Test (FORT) have been closed, and it is the...

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction today issued Education Forward, a guidance document for Wisconsin district and school leaders to use...

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction was granted a provisional waiver permitting an extension of the period of availability in Section 421(b)...

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the Department of Public Instruction will hold a hearing is to accept public testimony on...

Last week, Deputy State Superintendent Mike Thompson sent district administrators an email regarding the distribution of cloth masks and infrared...