News in Wausau
Wausau Pilot & Review
Published September 28
K-12 spending, absenteeism programs face risks as feds stop key monitoring, watchdog says
A federal watchdog says the Education Department’s suspension of key monitoring could put billions in K-12 funding at greater risk while unreliable absenteeism data complicates efforts to track students.
Wausau Pilot & Review
Published September 27
Wausau schools seek early start for 2027-28 to make room for Riverview roof work
Wausau students could start classes Aug. 24, 2027, under a draft calendar designed to give crews more summer time to complete a Riverview Elementary roof project.
Wausau Pilot & Review
Published September 24
Wisconsin’s college admissions law has unintended consequences
Wisconsin’s new automatic college admissions law was designed to keep top students in the state, but early research suggests it has changed relatively few UW-Madison admissions decisions and created new concerns about fairness and class rank.