Having two parents matters; so does data
Wisconsin collects enormous amounts of education data. We measure test scores, graduation rates, absenteeism, discipline, race, disability and family income. Yet one important factor remains largely missing from the state’s education dashboards: family structure.
That omission matters because Wisconsin has one of the most serious educational disparities in America. On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Wisconsin had the nation’s largest Black-white achievement gap in fourth-grade reading, a 45-point difference. We have spent years debating why this gap persists. Race, poverty, school resources, teacher quality and curriculum have all received attention. But another variable deserves consideration: the circumstances in which children spend thousands of hours outside the classroom.
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Webster would say we need Family Values.
And he would be right. As a result of government and mostly Democratic interference in the family in a complex way, this problem has arisen. There has been a reward for the father in the picture not to live with his family. Then, a lack of family values caused many unmarried people to have children they usually did not want.
So as you can see, the lack of a stable, loving mother or father, or both, makes life very hard for some of our young people. Today, government and society play a game of mildly trying to enforce some support standard, but that often fails.
It is an incredible shame to abuse our young people out of ultimate selfishness. This is a problem that needs fixing, but won't happen without some Values!
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