Kaleem Caire:

Mississippi is now #1 in reading among Black children while Wisconsin is #41 among all 41 states reporting scores for Black children. We have a lot more money in our state than they do in Mississippi. In Madison, we have even more. What is up with this? Our public school advocates need to stop blaming Scott Walker for ACT 10 and start looking “within” at our strategies and where we make our investments, and not.

Scott Walker, we were dealing with a horrendous achievement gap and four decades of advocacy to overcome it.

Twenty years ago, Mississippi was either dead last or battling for the bottom in reading with Georgia, Louisiana and Washington, DC.

Wisconsin – we have always been at or near the bottom among reading and math among Black children. ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF THIS?

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Notes and links: Kaleem Caire and One City Schools.

Readers may find the Aborted Madison Preparatory Academy tale worth a look as well.

Parents overestimate student achievement, underestimate spending

Related: Act 10

Did taxpayer funded Wisconsin DPI Superintendent Underly Juice Test Scores for Reelection?

The taxpayer funded Madison School District long used Reading Recovery…

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?