On Alan Borsuk’s Commentary on New MPS Budget
By Larry Miller
When does speculation – what MPS parents might do – become suggestions – what MPS parents ought to do?
In a February 12 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel commentary, Alan Borsuk appeared to be on a slippery slope about the woes facing parents of students at top-performing MPS schools.
First, Borsuk claimed our schools are suffering because the district failed to use the “tools” given them by Gov. Scott Walker. He compares MPS to other school districts across the state, asserting that many of them are in the black because of those “tools” – read, stinging cuts to teachers’ benefits.
The truth is that many districts were saved by use of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act