Quinton Klabon

Senior Research Director @Institute For Reforming Government

Milwaukee, WI, US

Introduced revivifying education reforms to Wisconsin through policy papers and advocacy, including phonics-centric reading and teacher apprenticeships https://bit.ly/RightReading https://bit.ly/TacklingTeacher https://bit.ly/Act20Reading• Affirmed expertise in Wisconsin education statistics, including pre-to-post-pandemic state test scores, performance rankings, enrollment trends, finance, building usage, and long-term outcomes• Aggregated Wisconsin\'s only federal school relief tracking system, driving swifter and wiser spending and earning statewide media coverage https://bit.ly/ESSERAudit https://bit.ly/ESSERWSJ https://bit.ly/ESSERWPR https://bit.ly/ESSERSup• Led reporting on Wisconsin lowering test score standards, including revealing emails that made the changes the superintendent race\'s central issue https://bit.ly/TestChanges https://bit.ly/TestChangesMJS https://bit.ly/TestChangesT74M https://bit.ly/TestChangesWDJT• Reported original education news through a weekly newsletter• Monitored school board meetings• Congregated school staff, parents, students, and advocates to gather productive reforms for public and private schools