Scott Walker’s union reforms didn’t harm Wisconsin schools

Published June 23, 2016 4:17pm ET



According to a new study from the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, controversial public-sector union reforms passed in 2011 have not harmed Wisconsin’s public schools.

The study finds the law had no effect on the student-teacher ratio and did not have any disparate impact on the state’s urban, suburban or rural school districts. It also found that base salaries for certified teachers dropped, but that gross salaries haven’t changed because of the law.

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