Quinton Klabon:

ACT 20 READING UPDATE
• 440 schools ignored DPI about reading retraining progress. Below describes those who responded.

• The large number may be due to teachers who previously completed a program or who chose a shorter retraining than LETRS. I welcome correction.

The October, 2024 Wisconsin DPI Report (PDF):

University of Wisconsin System Faculty or Academic Staff
2023 Wisconsin Act 20, section 27 (2) also requires professional development training for University of Wisconsin System faculty or academic staff member
who teach a course that includes curriculum in reading instruction designed for an individual who intends to apply for a license issued by the DPI to teach a grade from kindergarten to 3, to be a principal, or to be a reading specialist has received the professional. The training must be complete by July 1, 2025.

The University of Wisconsin System provided the following statement for this
report:

We are in process of complying with the requirements of Act 20 so the
Board of Regents can “ensure that, by July 1, 2025, any faculty or
academic staff member of the University of Wisconsin System who
teaches a course that includes curriculum in reading instruction
designed for an individual who intends to apply for a license issued by
the department of public instruction to teach a grade from kindergarten
to 3, to be a principal, or to be a reading specialist has received the
professional development training specified in par. (a) 1. and 2.”.

The data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic”

My Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results

2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher’s Remarks to the School Board on Madison’s Disastrous Reading Results 

Madison’s taxpayer supported K-12 school district, despite spending far more than most, has long tolerated disastrous reading results.

“An emphasis on adult employment”

Wisconsin Public Policy Forum Madison School District Report[PDF]

WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators

Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446/SB454; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results

Booked, but can’t read (Madison): functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.

When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?