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Christopher Saldaña on funding for Wisconsin schools in 2025

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

November 15, 2024

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UW-Madison education professor Christopher Saldaña considers the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's 2025 budget request and record-setting new funding approved in school referendums in 2024.

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