Considering the Future of Madison Schools
Marc Eisen:
Unless you have a kid in the Madison schools, many of the issues discussed by the four Madison school board candidates in our weekly Take-Home Test may not strike a familiar chord.
That's why we asked our schools reporter Jason Shepard to provide an overview in this week's Isthmus of the trends buffeting the 24,000-student district. The cover story is: The Fate of the Schools: Will the Madison district sink or swim? April 4th elections could prove pivotal.
As you'll read, the growing number of poor students, decreased state funding and nasty board infighting provide a sobering context for the election.
Shepherd has written the definitive piece for the
April 4, 2006 election. Pick up the current Isthmus and have a look or
view the article online here. I've placed two charts from the article below (click continue reading..... if you don't see them).
![](http://www.schoolinfosystem.org/photos/2006/03/fate2.jpg)
![](http://www.schoolinfosystem.org/photos/2006/03/fate3.jpg)
Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 24, 2006 2:25 PM
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