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Monday, March 28, 2011

Democurmudgeon: So Who Wants to Send their Kids to Voucher Schools? Rep. Robin Vos thinks you do #wiunion #wi .

Democurmudgeon: So Who Wants to Send their Kids to Voucher Schools? Rep. Robin Vos thinks you do.

So Who Wants to Send their Kids to Voucher Schools? Rep. Robin Vos thinks you do.

Another test, another mixed report coming?:
WSJ: And state test scores to be released Tuesday, which for the first time include 10,600 Milwaukee voucher students, could suggest they are testing no better than poor students in the Milwaukee Public Schools.
This might be the last voucher test recorded, if Scott Walker gets his way.
The state required voucher students to take the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination for the first time last fall.

Post Crescent Endorses Kloppenburg in Editorial, but Forgets to Mention Prosser was a Republican. Oops.

Something I didn’t notice but my significant other did was the omission of the word “Republican” in key sections of the Post Crescent’s electoral rejection of Justice Prosser, his hometown newspaper.
Editorial: Supreme Court: One issue doesn't add up…
Prosser, an Appleton native, was appointed to the court by Gov. Tommy Thompson in 1998, and ran unopposed in 2001. He served in the state Assembly from 1979 to 1996; from 1989-94, he was the Assembly minority leader. In 1995 and 1996, he was the Assembly speaker.
He is supported by groups perceived to be conservative, including the Wisconsin Club for Growth,