Tag: School choice
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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…
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Don’t know much about history
Act 10 did NOT kill Kaleem Caire’s charter school! Mebbe Janet (spell it with me!) Protasiewicz isn’t the progressive black hole obliterating everything Republicans have done for Wisconsin since Tommy Thompson. At least this time, she did not attempt to rewrite legislation from the bench. The Wisconsin Supreme Court 12-13-23 unanimously refused to hear a…
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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…
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Parents, you do have a choice
“We don’t have to listen to the police” Madison’s public schools are producing kids who can say that after trashing a free library and no one (other than a certain failed candidate) cries foul. Blaska is on record saying Madison schools will get worse before they get better. This is not a wish but a…
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Official Madison’s war on diversity
No thousand points of light here! One sees those “DIVERSITY” stickers on every other Prius bumper here in the Emerald City. But Madison is a community that demands rigid conformity to the approved liberal dogma. Stray off the plantation and fear the consequences. Fear being called a racist for running against an incumbent alderman, who is…