Category: Education

As everyone knows, Governor Walker and the republican legislature has cut $1.6 billion from public education. This will dramatically affect 410 out of 426 school districts in Wisconsin. If you want to know exactly how much funding was pulled from YOUR district, you can find that here. just a couple…

The 12th Senate District had a candidate forum yesterday, the only problem is Kim Simac (R-tea party) refused to show up. Feitlinger said Simac’s campaign told the group she had a scheduling conflict. A call to Simac’s campaign spokesman was not immediately returned. Holperin did attend the one-hour event at…

h/t Lukas @ Forward Lookout. In a follow up to my previous post about the West Bend School District, the courts have weighed in. A federal judge decided that the West Bend School Board must recognize the Gay-Straight Alliance as an official school-sponsored club at the district’s high schools. The…

Watch as Robert Reich, Labor Secretary under President Bill Clinton, explains why our government needs to make an investment in human capital by investing in public schools.

A quick follow up to yesterday\'s post regarding Matt Damons speech to the Save Our Schools Rally. This little video surfaced of a behind the scene interview by a reporter from Reason TV a ” so called” libertarian channel. Here she tries to impart right wing “logic” on to Matt…

Matt Damon took time out of his schedule to attend the Save Our Schools Rally in Washington DC this weekend. Here is the entire speech(emphasis mine): I flew overnight from Vancouver to be with you today. I landed in New York a few hours ago and caught a flight down…

Welcome to Republican America, a nation where Republican lawmakers have made it clear they value tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy over educating our young people. In Michigan, where Republicans have full control of state government, lawmakers siphoned off nearly $1 billion in education funds in order to essentially…

More on the Luther Olsen V Fred Clark senate race here, However this ad recently came out and I think it is one of the best political ads ever. It sure shows that the choice is clear., Fred Clark should be the next Senator.

On Tuesday, Republican Governor Scott Walker attended a celebration at Gateway Technical College commemorating 100 years of technical education in Wisconsin. During Gov. Walker’s remarks, protesters – no doubt upset at Gov. Walker cutting funding to technical colleges by 30% and stripping college faculty of their collective bargaining rights –…

Watch as comedian Lee Camp asks the question, “Are our schools crushing creativity?” As the parent of two kids, each of whom attend schools in different districts, I’ve seen the good and the bad of both districts, and I do believe too much emphasis is placed on “teaching to the…