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The Next Step in Scott Walker’s Corporate Education Reform Agenda: Diploma Mills - Times - Forbes #wiunion #1u #wearewi

The Next Step in Scott Walker’s Corporate Education Reform Agenda: Diploma Mills - E.D. Kain - American Times - Forbes

The Next Step in Scott Walker’s Corporate Education Reform Agenda: Diploma Mills

Mar. 23 2011 - 5:42 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments

Republicans in Wisconsin have not yet begun to fight against the traditional public school system in that state. A new Republican bill in that state would give nine political appointees – a Charter School Authorizing Board hand-picked by the governor and leaders of the state legislature – the power to authorize new charter schools while leaving the funding of those schools up to local school districts. It would also raise the cap on how many students could attend ‘virtual’ schools and lower the standards for teachers at public