Wisconsin Election Commentary on our disastrous reading results
But Walker and his campaign accused Evers of flip-flopping on the issue of school funding because Evers once said in an interview with WisconsinEye that improving academic outcomes for students struggling the most could still be achieved even if the state didn’t provide a significant funding increase.
Evers in the interview did say schools needed more funding overall, however.
Four years ago, Walker leveled similar criticism when he was running against another education official: Madison School Board member Mary Burke.
He blasted Burke for the Madison School District’s massive gap in academic performance between black and white students.
The Wisconsin DPI, lead by Mr. Evers, has largely killed our one (!) teacher content knowledge requirement: Foundations of Reading.
Related: MTEL
2006: “They’re all Rich White Kids, and they’ll do just fine, NOT!”
2011: A Capitol conversation.
On the 5-2 Madison School Board No (Cole, Hughes, Moss, Passman, Silveira) Madison Preparatory Academy IB Charter School Vote (Howard, Mathiak voted Yes)
2013: Madison’s long term, disastrous reading results.
2014: Wisconsin DPI Superintendent’s Task force on the Achievement Gap.
2018: The Simpson Street Free Press (!) digs: Are Rising MMSD Grad Rates Something to Celebrate?, and digs deeper: Madison’s ACT College Readiness Gap.
Wisconsin Legislative Council Committee on Dyslexia.
The state of journalism, 2018.
Jessie Opoien, has more.
