No praying in schools! But no ban on praying outside school for the survival of public education in Molwaukee, now in the hostile hands of Scott Walker and the Wisconsin legislature.
NEWS ADVISORY
Members of Milwaukee’s faith community and public school supporters will hold a prayer vigil for public schools this Thursday at 4:30 p.m. The event is organized by the Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH).
After a brief prayer vigil at Bethesda Baptist Church, participants will walk to Hopkins-Lloyd Community School, where community and faith leaders will share information with participants about the proposed public school takeover plan that is being advanced by Rep. Dale Kooyenga (R-Brookfield) and Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills).
What: Prayer vigil for public schools
Who: Milwaukee Inner-City Congregations Allied for Hope (MICAH) parents, students, educators, community members, Schools and Communities United
When: Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Bethesda Baptist Church, 2909 N. 20th St., and Hopkins-Lloyd Community School, 1503 W. Hopkins St.
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Thanks to MICAH for their support of public education. Now we must give them a viable alternative to testing. It’s time for kids to once again engage in critical thinking as a priority. They have faith in us, we must give them hope for their children to be test free. Empower kids to lead and think critically by supporting the Collins amendment and providing innovative assessment that drives a whole child curriculum
They better pray they keep public schools open long enough to see their vigil.
There’s nothing they can do to stop Walker. The GOP controls both houses of the State Legislature.
Walker claims credit for third graders test scores:
“Best of all, the reforms are working. Schools are better. Graduation rates are up. Third grade reading scores are higher. Wisconsin students now rank 2nd best in the country for ACT scores in states where more than half the students take the exam.”
Third grade reading scores are apparently higher as a result of getting rid of rights in the workplace and cutting funding to public (but not charter and private) schools.
The best thing about ed reform is how it involves no sacrifice or contribution on the part of anyone but teachers and students. It’s the best thing ever, politically. No one outside those two groups has to sacrifice, contribute to, or pay for any “successes”
No wonder it’s so popular with politicians.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/caucus/2015/06/10/walker-changed-broken-education-system/28778201/
I know it should not surprise me, but it seems like a huge omission that none of the media coverage of the student loan/for-profit colleges mess includes mention of the 100 students and volunteer advocates who worked so hard to bring this to the attention of DC. They got the concessions from the Obama Administration. It wouldn’t have happened without them. They shamed them into acting. There was no debt relief on the table prior to their “debt strike”.
The student-activists are just missing from the coverage, and they did all the work. Not only did they do all the work, they did it for free. At least one year of free labor contributed by hundreds of people, completely ignored.
Anyway, congratulations to the activists and volunteer organizers and lawyers and others. Good job!
http://www.ed.gov/blog/2015/06/debt-relief-for-corinthian-colleges-students/
Pray for public schools? They might better pray for Wisconsin with Scott Walker as governor.