Category: Cops in schools
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Madison school board: It ain’t working so let’s do more of it
And Kaleem Caire gets righteous! Does this sound like the Madison school district we all know and love: The Madison School Board is set to approve another three-year contract with Schools of Hope at the end of the month despite expressing disappointment with the program’s lack of identifiable success in improving academic performance. “Lack of…
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A Madison teacher: ‘If I wrote up students for swearing at me, that’s all I would do.’
What are we teaching our children? A 57-year-old man bicycling in Warner Park falls off his bike. Teenagers are near by. Do they offer assistance? No, they laugh at the man’s misfortune. He asks them to show some respect, they brandish a gun, chase him down as he tries to escape, and knock him to…
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Classrooms in chaos? Kids running amok? We want you at Harvard!
Who says the Behavior Education Plan is a failure? Its author ascends to the ivory tower You, too, can join the faculty at our nation’s leading schools of education if you play identity politics. Too many kids of the wrong description causing trouble? Disparate impact. Change the rules! Chase the positive behavior coach out of…
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Recent school rapes defeat Cops Out of Schools cause
‘We don’t feel safe!’ To whom did the victim report her gang rape? To the police officer assigned to East high school Real-world events keep contradicting the Cops Out of School narrative that police are the enemy instead of crime. As a result, Monday night’s Madison school board meeting (04-29-19) was the first in several…
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Cap Times demands more school security while getting rid of cops!
Only in Madison! If The Squire’s forehead is reddened, it is because I have been smacking it all morning. The object of Blaska’s pique: a Capital Times editorial headlined “Madison schools need to get serious about school safety.” Whack! Of the six candidates on the ballot this Spring election, only one candidate talked about school…
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Greg Humphrey, man of courage
Even school nurses want cops in schools! So why isn’t it happening? We explain Last week on her show, Our Ms. Vicki McKenna credited Blaska for possessing at least a pico-curie of courage in running for political office in the Emerald City. What can one say but, Aw Shucks!? Which is what Blaska did say…