• Unusual Mix of Possible Candidates Up for Chicago’s First School Board Elections this Fall.” AP Chicago. June 3, 2024.
  
• “Can Wisconsin fund school districts with the $7 billion budget surplus, instead of referendums?” WIZM La Crosse. February 20, 2024.
  
• “Wisconsin’s Budget Surplus.” Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time.  January 31, 2024.
  
• Interviewed by WBEZ Chicago (NPR) on Chicago’s Transition to an Elected School Board: =. September 2023.
  
• Many Wisconsin School Boards, Overwhelmed By 18 Months Of Community Pushback, Aren't Taking Up Mask Issue. Quoted on Wisconsin Public Radio, August 19, 2021.
  
• Rocky Path Ahead as Chicago Set to Get Elected School Board. Quoted in Associated Press. July 2, 2021.
  
• How a rising conservative movement in Delaware is targeting school board elections. Quoted in Delaware News Journal, May 5, 2021.
  
• In rare move, YISD cancels May board election due to lack of challengers to incumbents. Quoted in El Paso Matters, March 11, 2021.
  
• Evers Promises Three New UW Regents. Quoted on Wisconsin Public Radio. May 25, 2020.
  
• Online Schools and Student Mobility. Quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. November 5, 2018.
• Lessons Lost. Quoted in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. October 18, 2018.
• School boards increasingly embrace the ABCs of social activism.  Quoted in Washington Post, February 17, 2018.
• UpFront with Mike Gousha, WISN Milwaukee, December 3, 2017: Wisconsin Schools Lack Minority Teachers.
• Small Houston charter school pays top dollar to leader, owns luxury condo.  Quoted in Houston Chronicle, November 4, 2017.
• How a bizarrely complex structure blocks change for Milwaukee students.  Book discussed in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 27, 2017.
• Walker And Evers Clash Over Future Of Education. Guest on Wisconsin Public Radio Central Time, September 21, 2017.
• ​Chalkbeat, April 10, 2017: A quiet change in Indiana law could mean a bigger voucher program — and a wild ride for families.
• Appleton Post-Crescent, February 19, 2017: Few challengers in local primary elections.
• Scott Walker's boost in aid tied to Act 10; school staff must pay 12% of health care costs. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 10, 2017.  
• Washington Post, August 19, 2016: Trump’s Perplexing Comments About Education
• Diane Ravitch's Blog, June 20, 2016: 41% of Voucher Schools in Milwaukee Have Closed Since the Start of Vouchers.
• UpFront with Mike Gousha, WISN Milwaukee, May 15, 2016: High number of Milwaukee voucher schools close.
• American School Board Journal, April, 2016:  The Key to Success.  
• Oshkosh Northwestern, March 14, 2016: Finance expert: OASD not ‘crying wolf’ on deficit.
• Fox 11 News Green Bay WI, March 1, 2016: Five years under Act 10.
• Wisconsin State Journal, February 13, 2016: Local officials divided over whether Act 10 is working in their communities.
• Wisconsin Public Radio, Feb. 10, 2016.  Topic: “Education Expert Proposes Unified Board For All Milwaukee Schools.”
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 30, 2016: Pie in the sky?  Here’s an idea for turning schools around. 
• Lake Effect, WUWM Milwaukee, April 18, 2013.  Topic: The impact of disruptive students on K-12 education.

Michael R. Ford

Professor of

Public Administration