WPRI Surveys Private Schools, Concludes “Wisconsin is Failing to Help Students with Disabilities”
The conservative think-tank Wisconsin Public Research Institute (WPRI) has issued a report on the failings of education in Wisconsin, just days before Governor Walker is slated to release his 2013/2015 state budget proposal. You might expect, given that the governor has been talking for months about using the budget to expand Milwaukee-like voucher programs into communities that don’t want them, that WPRI’s priority immediately before the budget release would involve casting aspersions on the public schools in those communities. Instead, however, they did a survey of private schools in Wisconsin. And the result of that survey is a report called “How Wisconsin is Failing to Help Students with Disabilities.” How fascinating to hear WPRI imply that private schools in Wisconsin are not meeting the needs of students with disabilities! Equally fascinating is their argument. It may not be well known, but private schools actually do get some funding from
The Weekly Cheddar
Here is another installment of “The Weekly Cheddar” which is my round-up of the major political news of the state. If I’ve left out something, never fear. You can leave a comment at this post about it or tweet something to me at @bluecheddar1.
A lot of this Wisco news this week ain’t just bad, it is nasty bad. That’s why I’ll let you know right now that we managed to score some good news too. Look for it at the end of the post.
Scott Walker is playing a shell game with Wisconsin’s healthcare money
The question is – do you trust him to reject over $4 billiion in Medicaid money for poor people and fulfill his promise to replace it with something else?
More at Scott Walker finds an alternative to Medicaid: Obamacare
By MSNBC health reporter Geoffrey Cowley
The question is – do you trust him to reject over $4 billiion in Medicaid money for poor people and fulfill his promise to replace it with something else?
More at Scott Walker finds an alternative to Medicaid: Obamacare
By MSNBC health reporter Geoffrey Cowley
State senate president Mike Ellis is hoping to grease the skids for more legislation that boldy violates the Wisconsin constitution
Or at least that’s what it looks like to me.
See more at Greasy legislative pig
Or at least that’s what it looks like to me.
See more at Greasy legislative pig
Scott Walker unveiled a plan to make food stamp recipients get job training
