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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

WSAU | Doyle pushes for education reform


WSAU Doyle pushes for education reform:

"WAUSAU, Wis (WSAU) Governor Jim Doyle is traveling around Wisconsin today to push for major educational reforms. He and state superintendent Tony Evers are urging legislators to pass a bill letting teachers be evaluated in part by the results their students achieve.

The Obama White House requires that change before the state can get a share of four-and-a-third billion dollars in federal stimulus cash in the president’s “Race to the Top” program. Doyle also wants to make it easier for schools to lengthen their school days and their school years – which Obama has also been talking about lately. The governor is also calling for new methods of student testing – giving them more flexibility under the state’s revenue limits – and creating special “children’s zones” in Milwaukee to help kids in poor neighborhoods."