I wonder if your average Wisconsinite knows how much better Mississippi’s students are doing than Wisconsin’s.
READING
White: 0.5 years ahead
Black: 2.0 ahead
Latin: 1.0 aheadMATHEMATICS
White: tied
Black: 2.0 ahead
Latin: 1.5 aheadNot insulting him; I wouldn’t have guessed! https://t.co/TOT3CtG3WG
— Quinton Klabon (@GhaleonQ) May 12, 2023
“More than 30 states have already adopted laws or are moving towards requiring school districts to use the science of reading approach.
“But partisan gridlock in Wisconsin has kept the state from moving forward on a comprehensive reading plan…” https://t.co/CbAlExCotq
— Mark Sommerhauser (@msommerhauser) May 12, 2023
“Well, it’s kind of too bad that we’ve got the smartest people at our universities, and yet we have to create a law to tell them how to teach.”
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.
No When A Stands for Average: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?