May 6-10 is 2024 National Teacher Appreciation Week. During Teacher Appreciation Week and every week, Wisconsin Public School educators go above and beyond to keep students learning, safe and sup...
Future Educators Scholarships Katrina Drazkowski Molly Frost Erin Lenz Leena Luetschwager (Kathy Mann Award) ESP Scholarship Dana Roffers Friend of Education Sarah Godlewski Education Support Pro...
https://weac.org/weac-announces-2024-scholarship-and-award-winners/
Wisconsin Secretary of State Sarah Godlewski has been named the recipient of WEAC’s 2024 Friend of Education Award for her work on behalf of public education. Godlewski accepted the award Th...
https://weac.org/secretary-of-state-godlewski-is-weacs-2024-friend-of-education-award-recipient/
A new report confirms that compensation for public school educators in Wisconsin has decreased nearly 20 percent since 2010, and that educators continue to leave the state’s workforce at an ...
https://weac.org/collective-bargaining-and-fair-pay-are-the-paths-to-retaining-educators/
With much support from WEAC members, the Asian American and Pacific Islander History Bill passed the Wisconsin Senate unanimously in March. On April 4, Governor Tony Evers held a signing The p...
https://weac.org/governor-signs-bill-to-include-asian-and-hmong-american-history-in-schools/
With many results still pending or too close to call, the overwhelming majority of school board candidates and school referendum questions recommended by WEAC education associations won in the Ap...
https://weac.org/union-recommended-candidates-and-referendums-prevail-in-spring-elections/
The state has passed a new early literacy law, Act 20, and the Legislature has acted on several related measures. WEAC successfully advocated to remove a provision that would have The post Act...
Wisconsin Senate Republicans fired eight more of Governor Tony Evers’ appointees on March 12, bringing the total to 21, including former two-term WEAC President Terry Craney. Craney was a membe...
https://weac.org/gop-fires-evers-appointees-including-former-weac-president-terry-craney/
After being voted down in committee, the GOP-controlled Senate passed the anti-trans athlete bill on March 12, likely the last day the Senate will meet this year. The bill would The post Senat...
https://weac.org/senate-passes-anti-trans-athletes-bill-over-weacs-objections/
With much support from WEAC members, Senate Bill 240, known as the Asian American and Pacific Islander History Bill, passed the Wisconsin Senate unanimously this week. The law will amend The p...