Blaska Policy Werkes

David Blaska, going out of his way to provoke progressives in Madison WI to make America safe for democracy!

Tag: Jennifer Cheatham

  • Paul Fanlund won’t jump through any hoops

    for some write-in candidates, for others it’s: c’mon down! It’s their party and The Capital Times can freeze out Blaska from its school board candidate debate next Tuesday 03-15-22 if it wants. But what a difference three years can make! Editor Paul Fanlund excuses his news blackout this-a-way: “Our rationale for excluding Mr. Blaska is…

  • Kaleem Caire for Madison school superintendent

    Is anyone making more sense for Madison schools than Kaleem Caire? Does anyone have a better track record than Kaleem Caire for not only advocating for minority students but actually doing something about it? Who else has the moral stature, as president of the Urban League of Madison, as founder of One City Early Learning,…

  • Madison schools go full-on stupid

    The firing of Marlon Anderson, the West high school security guard for schooling a miscreant kid on the hatefulness of the N-word, is what our … acquaintances like to call “a teachable moment.”  Here’s betting the Madison school district flunks this real-life snap quiz. Mr. Anderson has been re-instated by orders of school board president…

  • Jesus is not eating our kids’ homework

    Kids just ain’t learnin’ in our public schools like they used to The good news is the statewide racial achievement gap is narrowing. The bad news is that it is because white students are regressing at a faster rate than black students.  The worse news is regardless of race, kids in Wisconsin’s public schools are more…

  • Liberal Madison congratulates itself for good intentions

    The sweetest sound you’ll ever hear: David Blaska was right! The news media loves to imagine itself as the afflicter of the comfortable,  David with his slingshot v. Goliath. “J’accuse!” in 96-point bodoni bold type. Edward R. Murrow starring down Tailgunner Joe. Bogart starting the presses in Deadline USA. Woodward and Bernstein.    ­   In…

  • Kowtowing to the crazies in Madison WI

    A never-ending search for root causes Can’t we blame Scott Walker? Madison Wi does not need A.O.C., Bernie, or Elizabeth Sanders to calibrate the breakdown of the civic public square in America. We’ve got Mayor Satya Conway-Rhodes and Jennifer Cheatham, superintendent of schools. The WI State Journal led off Sunday’s edition (06-23-19) with the fouling of upper State…