Whither Wisconsin?

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1. Sandy says:

   July 26, 2012 at 9:10 am

   The saddest part of this is that Walker has become an iconic “hero” across the country, with the general public only hearing his folksy, fiscally restrictive mantras. These days it is common to hear comments: follow Walker’s lead!

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   • dianerav says:

     July 26, 2012 at 9:21 am

     I got an email yesterday that Scott Walker was invited to lecture on school reform at Harvard University at the invitation of the Program on Education Policy and Governance. That’s the program run by Paul Peterson, the prominent voucher/charter/choice advocate.

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2. James Cooper says:

   July 26, 2012 at 9:35 am

   While we are Whithering here in Wisconsin today, Scott Walker will be walkering at Harvard University. Hopefully the audience will walk away with a “what not to do” sense from his speech. This story I’m posting has a link that you can watch it today at 12:00 pm Eastern Time. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/163778876.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst

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3. Linda1 says:

   July 26, 2012 at 9:49 am

   Please watch…only three minutes

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   The brilliant Putlizer-prize winning cartoonist, Mark Fiore, does it again with another cartoon video skewering the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The video focuses on how a bill becomes a law ALEC-style. Warning: this is not School House Rock. This is Fiore’s second video on ALEC. Previously he shined a light on the NRA’s Stand Your Ground” legislation implicated in the Trayvon Martin slaying that ALEC deemed a model bill and helped get it passed in over two dozen states.

   Folks over 40 may remember the original School House Rock! version of how a bill becomes a law.

   http://www.prwatch.org/node/11669

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4. James Cooper says:

   July 26, 2012 at 10:01 am

   There is a little town here in Wisconsin where the district was using software for student data collection systems that one of there very own teachers created. The system was liked, accomplished what it needed to accomplish, and best of all the teacher did provided the fuits of his labor free of charge (remember how greedy the teachers are?). Anyway, the district has been working with (or so they thought) with the Dept. of Public Instruction (DPI) and were hopeful they would get a waiver from the state requiring the entire state to be serviced by a software company called Skyward. However, even after ensuring that the software would collect the same data the state wanted and reported it how they wanted it, Scott Walker directed the DPI to deny the request claiming that the Skyward was necessary in carrying out his reforms. The first link I am providing is the news story telling the story I just told. http://lacrossetribune.com/tomahjournal/news/local/article_6e451e6a-d7e6-11e0-bc1b-001cc4c002e0.html The second might explain the real reason why he wouldn’t let the school do it. Legally he wouldn’t be able to after quiet, shady back door promises to big business as usual cronies. http://www.progressive.org/cronyism_corruption_define_walker_reign.html

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