Tag: Madison public schools

  • ‘I’m finding more victims every day’

    a cry of conscience from a parent addressed to Madison’s public schools. We devote this blog to Mr. Ray Mendez, parent of a Madison public school student to Superintendent Joe Gothard and the school board:  The head-stomping at Madison West was not a “fight.” It was a near-fatal attack. Madison Police arrested three teens; two are…

  • Fathers! Inspect your kids’ back packs!

    and demand La Follette high school ‘security staff’ be terminated! Your correspondent was carrying a little baby we named Max out of what was then Elmbrook Hospital in Brookfield WI many calendars ago. The newly minted father — only a decade or so removed from childhood himself — half expected a tap on the shoulder.…

  • Are Madison schools deceiving parents?

    In the pronoun wars? “Parents have the right to make important health care decisions on their children’s behalf.” That’s the position of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty. We suspect most parents would agree but majority or not, a right is a right. Just not in Madison’s publlic schools. Three years ago, the Madison…

  • Good schools mold character

    ‘Discipline’ is the Latin word for ‘success’ Spot quiz: What word will not be spoken by any of Madison’s candidates for school board? Time’s up! Groucho Marx’s secret word is “discipline.” Discipline is defined as “training to act in accordance with rules; activity, exercise or a regimen that develops or improves a skill.” Discipline is…

  • Send in the clowns!

    Madison school board candidates promise equity, not education. The only drama in Madison’s April elections is whether a trans/bi performance artist who doesn’t use a real name will be elected to the school board. Could make national news of the “Can You Believe It?!” kind. It’s the only contested race, out of three. Another triumph for the…

  • Madison public schools increase discipline problems by reducing suspensions

    $15 million gets you more classroom chaos and identity politics warm fuzzies None of that nonsense at Ms. Hicks’ middle school! Your reading assignment today, class — YOU THERE IN THE BACK ROW! DON’T MAKE ME GO OVER OVER THERE! — is Chris Rickert’s take-down of the racially motivated “behavior education plan” employed by Madison’s public…