Projected surplus gives governor, Legislature a chance to make a down-payment on undoing mistakes of the past
Wisconsin has a $900 million budget surplus. In part, and in one of the great injustices in state history, it was built on the…
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Gov. Walker should veto provision to hide voucher school records
So much bad was packed into the 2013-15 budget headed to Governor Scott Walker’s desk that we should start over. From underfunding public schools…
Read MoreNothing good happened at JFC all-nighter for Wisconsin’s public schools
Nothing good happens in Wisconsin’s Capitol between bar time and breakfast. Majority members of the Joint Finance Committee (JFC) proved that last Wednesday in…
Read MoreFund public schools, not entitlements for voucher and for-profit charter schools
Guest blog by Bambi Statz, PhD In 2000, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court established an educational standard in Vincent v. Voight which provides that…
Read MoreUse revenue increase to fully fund Wisconsin’s K-12 public schools
Wisconsin now projects a healthy increase in revenue over the next two years. Those hundreds of millions of dollars in additional resources must be…
Read MoreWisconsin’s grandparents understand that vouchers don’t work
Grandparents understand the importance of funding public schools, too. Wisconsin is marching inexorably down a path toward two separate publicly funded education systems…
Read MorePrivate school voucher expansion: A growing taxpayer-funded entitlement
by John Forester Many observers have called Gov.Scott Walker’s proposal to expand private school vouchers bad education policy. I agree. Today I would like…
Read MoreGovernor Walker’s bait-and-switch budget has nothing new for public school children
Question: When is $129 million not $129 million? Answer: When it is the additional aid Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker promised to send to the…
Read MoreGovernor’s budget starves public schools while choice schools prosper
In an unusual Sunday morning release, Governor Scott Walker unveiled a funding proposal for K-12 public education that will weaken schools and diminish opportunities…
Read MoreCentral Wisconsin school funding reform community group gains support from around the state
Stevens Point – School Funding Reform for Wisconsin, a grassroots community organization based in Stevens Point, is continuing its challenge to state legislators to…
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