Madison's opt-out rate was far higher than the statewide rate, which was far higher than the typical rate in past years of less than 3%.

The board also approved a moratorium on suspending elementary school students and updates to the district's surveillance policy.

The Janesville School District said Monday it has been hit by a suspected ransomware attack it discovered over the weekend.

The groups plans to visit historically Black colleges and universities in the New Orleans area and take part in some service learning in April.

A fundraising effort for school supplies led by the Foundation for Madison’s Public Schools has topped $29,000.

The week will feature daily panel discussions on various subjects related to sexual assault and harassment with a student walkout on Friday.

The Senate and Assembly committees on education have approved the legislation, which advances to the full Legislature.

The past week saw lower numbers of new positive cases and quarantines than recent weeks.

A much higher percentage of students opted out of tests in the 2020-21 school year than in the years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, making the data hard to interpret.

A rally that took place on Wednesday was organized to support a victim of a recent alleged sexual assault that occurred off of school grounds between two East students. Lilyian Jenkins, a senior at East and one of the organizers for Friday’s walkout, said the Friday event was a strike for a list of demands meant to help students feel safe at school.