Category: School choice
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If public schools are so accountable …
Why are so many parents pulling their kids? A mother in the Elvehjem neighborhood on the east side of Madison WI is pulling her children out of the public schools. “Never in my life did I think I would be making a police report today due to my 11 year old being physically assaulted at Kennedy…
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More of the same
That’s what the Democrats’head school marm promises! Question for the Peanut Gallery: What do Americans want? Judging from the last election (in one word): change. And we’re not talking pennies! Democrats should take some ownership of Trump v2.0. Asked what she would do different from a President who couldn’t find his own way off the…
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Kick DEI out of our public schools
Break the teachers union & Democrat monopoly on education! There is joy in Mudville. Or, at least, hope. Saints be praised, we have a candidate for superintendent of public instruction who is not more Woke than the MSNBC break room. We have a candidate who is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the teacher union…
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Kids are shooting each other on a ‘day of peace and unity’
Why are progressives afraid of teaching values? The indentured servants at Blaska Stately Manor did not observe Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks the day the Emancipation Proclamation actually kicked in for most slaves. If any of you platinum subscribers did, you’re better people than we are. (An admittedly low bar.) But neither did our…
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We’re slimed with too much rain and …
My Allis G won’t start! The mock orange bush outside my window fills world headquarters of Blaska Policy Werkes with subtle and calming fragrance this beautiful June morning in fascinating Madison WI. Requires extra effort to work up the spittle-flecked outrage you’ve come to know and love but here goes: Kudos for Mayor Satya asking…
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The case for vouchers: Milwaukee public schools
‘There is no accountability’ Months before voters narrowly approved $252 million in extra spending by Milwaukee public schools, the WI Department of Instruction was concerned that the state’s largest school district was cooking its books. DPI threatened to cut off its financial spigot after eight months of missing or misleading reports. A financial audit was due last…