MPS School Board President Michael Bonds Refutes Wisconsin Policy Research Institute’s Fabrications
A misleading picture of MPS liability
By Michael Bonds June 27, 2012, Milwaukee JS
Before he even gets to the main point of his argument – and there are critical problems there, too – Schneider falsely claims Milwaukee Public Schools “ignored Walker’s plan” when it “re-upped” employee contracts.
Texas GOP Opposes Critical Thinking, No Really, It’s in the Platform
Party platform paints original ideas as a liberal conspiracy
By Richard Whittaker, Wed. Jun. 27, Austin Chronicle
Who needs a frontal lobe anyway? Texas GOP platform opposes critical thinking.
One of our eagle-eyed readers emailed us to point out this unbelievable passage in the RPT 2012 platform, as adopted at their recent statewide conference.
“Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of
IWF Alert: How Congressman Paul Ryan’s budget would impact Wisconsin
New IWF study shows loss of $3.3 billion in federal aid and 26,000 jobs in 2013-14
If Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan’s approach to budgeting became U.S. law, Wisconsin would lose about $3.3 billion in federal spending in the next two years, with a resulting loss of about 26,000 full-time jobs.
Medical assistance programs would suffer most under the Ryan budget, with $1.7 billion cut in 2013 and 2014 compared with current law. That’s enough to keep more than 400,000 adults off Wisconsin’s BadgerCare program.
Income security programs—including food stamps, child nutrition and housing assistance—would lose more
