Why is Wisconsin dropping in national health rankings?

We are thrilled when our favorite Wisconsin sports teams rise in the national rankings. But we might not be paying attention to other really important national rankings in which Wisconsin is moving in the wrong direction.

Wisconsin’s health ranking has dropped dramatically over the past quarter century, sliding from the top 10 states in the nation down to the 20s. And as recently reported in the Wisconsin State Journal, our state’s per-student spending on higher education had one of the largest declines in the country between 2013 and 2018 (only Oklahoma, West Virginia and Mississippi had worse decreases), according to a report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association...