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45. Tosa's Finances, Academics, and Teachers: an Outline

45. Tosa's Finances, Academics, and Teachers: an Outline

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This episode reviews some basic facts about these three important issues and what our conversations around them are like. The major goal is to help community members and school board candidates better articulate their positions. Everyone is for improving district finances, or for academic progress, or for teachers. Do we all mean the same things, though?

LINKS:

Tosa 2075 task force report

Secondary ad-hoc facilities page.

**FINANCES**

Wisconsin DPI all-staff (salary) report portal

Wisconsin DPI comparative cost data

Wisconsin DPI comparative revenue data

WSD's financial transparency site (through ClearGov.com)

WSD's budget and audit information

WSD's 2024 Referendum Site (incl survey results)

WSD's 2024 Referendum Progress Reporting

**ACADEMIC PROGRESS**

Tosa's report card page

Statewide ACT/Forward data

**TEACHERS**

Steven Brill's "The Rubber Room" (2009)

Vlad Kogan's No Adult Left Behind (2025)

WPR piece on teachers' health-care costs (2025)

Statewide school funding data (2025)


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