“Our goal in government should not be: how many more people can we get on these programs. Our goal in government should be just the opposite: how many people can we get off of them because we’ve empowered them to control their own lives, to control their own destiny, and move themselves and their families forwards,” Walker said. Read More Walker Wants to End Permanent Handouts
[Milwaukee, Wisc…] Politicians and public officials from all sides came together in Milwaukee on Wednesday in support of the school choice movement. Governor Walker, Mayor Barrett, County Executive Abele, MPS Superintendent Thornton, and others all spoke in favor of the movement during National School Choice Week.
Read More Bi-Partisan Support for School Choice
The year 2012 was, as Dickens put it, the “best of times, it was the worst of times.” Another writer might have said it was the year our glorious summer was made the winter of our discontent. For all the hope that conservatives had at the beginning of the year, the darkening days of 2012 held dark promise for the year ahead. Read More Forgetting the Year That Was
[Madison, Wisc…] In late November, the U.S. Census Bureau released three briefs on public assistance and economic conditions in the United States for the years 2010 and 2011 using statistics from the American Community Survey. The briefs found that on a national scale, more people are living in shared households and more are relying on food stamps, though public assistance is unchanged.
Read More Wisconsin’s Rise of Entitlements
[Milwaukee, Wisc…] In addition to its “Star Teacher Survey,” which evaluates teaching candidates’ cultural sensitivity and is used by Milwaukee Public Schools, The Haberman Educational Foundation also offers a “Star Administrator Survey.” Read More Sensitivity Tests for Principals, Too
When Palermo’s announced they were going to build a new production facility in the Menomonee Valley in 2005, Tom Barrett actually made the announcement. They were to be the first major employer to locate operations in the previously blighted corridor and the move put Milwaukee, and its Mayor, in the best possible light. Read More Milwaukee’s Reluctant Mayor Fails to Surprise
[Madison, Wisc…] The Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank in Washington, has given Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker a “B grade” in its 2012 “Fiscal Policy Report Card.” Read More Cato Gives Walker “B” Grade in Annual Fiscal Report Card
[Madison, Wisc…] State and local government employees in Wisconsin make considerably more in base salary and more in total compensation than their peers in the private sector according to a new study released today by the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy. Read More MacIver Institute Study Finds Government Employees Make 19 Percent More Than Private Sector Workers
[Madison, Wisc…] When the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) unveiled their new public school report cards last week, the average Wisconsin school graded out toward the lesser end of the bell curve. A closer look at Wisconsin’s largest school district shows that Milwaukee’s Public Schools (MPS) are performing well below even modest standards. Read More Milwaukee Public Schools Earn a D- on Wisconsin’s New Report Cards
[Madison, Wisc…] There was little debate after Wisconsin eliminated straight ticket party voting this year as part of the Voter ID law, because no one could figure out which party would benefit from the change. When a Dane County Judge struck down the Voter ID component of the law, the elimination of straight ticket party voting remained. Read More A Look at the End of Straight Ticket Voting