Commentary on the Madison School District’s hiring and lay-off policies
The district is proposing qualifications include: scores on the state’s Educator Effectiveness evaluation, cultural competency, experience, academic credentials and certifications, proficiency in a second language, and seniority.
Several board members said elevating qualifications as a determining factor — instead of having layoffs based solely on seniority as they are now — would allow the district to better retain teachers of color hired in recent years, break the status quo and promote racial justice.
Board member Ali Muldrow said she’s heard from a lot of people who are “deeply critical of this decision.”
Under a seniority-based system, though, she said “people of color are the last hired and the first fired.”
Teachers unions in largest districts call on Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers to require schools start virtually
Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.
My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results
“An emphasis on adult employment”
Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]
Commentary on K-12 Governance and fall 2020 plans.
Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration
