Education costs money, but then so does ignorance
--Sir Claus Moser
School board candidate Mary Burke did not begin her foray into public education policy arena with her support of the Madison Prep proposal. In fact, she worked very closely on this report (PDF) concerning the Milwaukee Public School system (emphasis mine): ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This evaluation of the finances and operations of the Milwaukee Public Schools would [...]
Recently, Monona Grove Elementary teacher Jeff Knudson was the "star" of an ad for Scott Walker. Mr. Knutson looked directly into the camera and made this claim: We figured if we didn’t get laid off, our class sizes would become unmanageable, but that didn’t happen.” That of course was the opposite of the truth, as [...]
If you haven’t seen this, you really should: History, Not “Conspiracy”: Kaleem Caire’s Connections Allen Ruff covers all the conservative help that Kaleem Caire has gotten over the Madison Prep idea: The recent controversy over the Urban League of Greater Madison’s proposal for a Madison Preparatory Academy has been framed primarily as a local story [...]
Now that Act10 has been enacted making it next to impossible for teachers to bargain teachers are going to be left vulnerable. The next fight (that will probably not get as much press) will be the one over district handbooks – especially the term JUST CAUSE. Here are some examples to keep in mind while [...]
I have written before of the the right wings veiled attempts to privatize public education. I have also pointed out that while they are trying to privatize our schools without the public knowing, occasionally they let some things slip and let us know what they are after. As an education consultant/reformer stated in a recent [...]
Just passing this along . . .
Nothing about who is running for governor or which websites went black yesterday here, just local stuff that I can find!
It will be short. Very short.
You’d think 5 days of news would be quite the challenge but besides the Packers and MLK day, there’s not really that much.
Madison Prep wants another vote in February. Smells like an elections stunt to me. I really wish instead of cramming their ideas down our throats, we could back up and Urban League would lead an open, transparent and inclusive discussion (that bloggers aren’t banned from) about what we need to do about the achievement gaps [...]