Be the Gift: Rooted in Purpose, Growing the Future in Head Start This three-day event brings together the entire early childhood community—from Head Start and Early Head Start staff to parents, families, and child care providers. Whether you’re a birth-to-three professional, home visitor, ECE student or educator, or work with tribal and migrant programs, you’ll …

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Celebrate #PublicSchoolsWeek by sharing the reasons YOU support your local public schools. Shout out educators. Share a story of something amazing happening in your district. Tell others why you think public schools are worth fighting for. Let people know why you support local action for strong public schools with a post on social media or …

🎉Public Schools Week: Monday – Spread the love for public schools and celebrate our amazing educators! Read More »

Dear Wisconsin public school champions, Public Schools Week is a time for celebration, appreciation, & action–and it’s never been more important to take time to do all three! We challenge you to commit to taking action during Public Schools Week, February 23-27. Learn more below! Our Public Schools Week 2026 toolkit contains ideas for taking action …

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Transparency Tuesday is all about holding ourselves, our schools and our leaders accountable for the conditions kids need to thrive! Public schools are the cornerstone of democracy! Celebrate the ways public schools center student safety and belonging and are held accountable to all of us. Public Schools Week is a great reminder that all schools …

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Centering local action in the heart of public schools week. Take time today to show local advocates you support their relentless advocacy for Wisconsin students and their public schools! Spread the love: donate now to ensure that we can grow our support for the advocates who support students year-round. Your support makes our work possible!

Calling all students! Share stories about the amazing things local kids in your public schools are doing! Register for THE POWER OF STUDENT ACTION, a special event intended for (and organized by) high school students and adults who directly support their organizing efforts, and learn more about how to get organized to join the fight for thriving public schools …

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Let lawmakers know you’re counting on them to support our students & thriving public schools! Local kids need YOU to come to Madison to help close out Public Schools Week with a clear message: we love our public schools and our kids are counting on us to demand and deliver the resources they need to …

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The Jack Miller Center is partnering with the Wisconsin Institute for Citizenship & Civil Dialogue on a one-day symposium for Wisconsin social studies teachers at the Menard Center for Constitutional Studies at UW-Eau Claire. This symposium will address the freedoms of expression and religion in the Colonial and Revolutionary Eras, before the writing of the …

Symposium at UW-Eau Claire on the Foundations of the First Amendment Read More »

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many of us think about the heroic figures who formed the foundation of our democracy. The Prohuman Foundation and Sphere Education Initiatives are excited to support you in thinking about these brave Americans by highlighting five unsung heroines who greatly influenced America’s Founding: Elizabeth …

Virtual PD – Unsung Heroines of the American Revolution: A Collaboration Between Sphere and the Prohuman Foundation Read More »

Middle school ELA educators are invited to an in-depth workshop covering the unique offerings within our English Language Arts collections, including support around common instructional formats such as text sets, whole-class reads, and book clubs. Participants will leave with classroom-ready materials and be immersed in engaging activities from our two modular collections: Coming of Age …

In Person Workshop: Facing History’s Approach to Middle School ELA Read More »

The 2026 WNA Annual Convention will take place March 5-6 at the Madison Concourse Hotel & Governor’s Club in Madison. The annual convention brings together the state’s news leaders, Wisconsin Newspaper Hall of Fame members, and future journalists from Wisconsin high schools and colleges/universities to explore questions shaping the future of the industry. It will feature …

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The State Democracy Research Initiative and the Elections Research Center at UW-Madison invite you to join us for an Election Matters 2026 Panel, "The Battle Over Mid-Decade Redistricting,” sponsored by Stafford Rosenbaum LLP. This panel will take place on Friday, March 6 from 3:00-4:15pm Central Time, with a reception to follow. This event will take …

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