“Are there any Tea Partiers here?” Thomas Beebe asked. A couple of pairs of eyes looked right at me. What can I say? When there’s a gathering of people trying to figure out how to raise taxes, I tend to… Read More “Pennies” Add up to Huge Tax Hike Without Accountability
This week’s installment of “That’s Debatable,” is a discussion of taxes and last week’s Tea Party rallies held across the country. Each week, the website WisOpinion.com asks two veterans of Wisconsin policy and politics, Scot Ross of One Wisconsin Now… Read More Debating Taxes and Tea Parties
Later today, the State Senate will vote on Senate Bill 437, a bill relating to low-performing schools and school districts. SB 437 was introduced to improve Wisconsin’s chances of securing funds in President Obama’s Race To The Top initiative. Setting… Read More Analysis of Education Reform Proposal
MacIver News Service – [Madison, Wisconsin] The idea of Milwaukee’s mayor taking control of MPS didn’t sit well with Representative Polly Williams, and a new plan essentially handing key decision making for the district over to the state’s superintendent is… Read More Key Democrat Opposed to Education Proposals
UPDATED 9:15am – 4/12/10 MacIver News Service – [Madison, Wisc.] Democratic lawmakers and key players in the education policy arena may have struck a deal in an attempt to resolve two major education proposals, according to documents obtained by MacIver… Read More Secret Meetings Yield Education Policy Breakthroughs
MacIver News Service – [Madison, Wisc…] Students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) perform no worse than their peers in that city’s public schools despite costing taxpayers significantly less, according to the third year results of an ongoing independent… Read More School Choice Study Affirms ValueAdvocates Encouraged by Findings
This week’s installment of “That’s Debatable,” is a discussion of what a potential U.S. Senate run by former Wisconsin Goernor Tommy Thompson would mean for this state. Each week, the website WisOpinion.com asks two veterans of Wisconsin policy and politics,… Read More Debating TGT
The Wisconsin Legislature raised few eyebrows during the budget process last summer when it cut almost a billion dollars from aid to local school districts, and then back filled it with $789 million dollars in stimulus money. Many now say… Read More Schools Running Off Funding Cliff
I’m just going to come out and say it. Attn. Governor Jim Doyle and DPI Superintendent Tony Evers: We Told You So. In fact, we told you so, again, and again and again… Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida,… Read More Wisconsin was Bound to Fail in Race to the Top Quest
[Madison, Wisc…] The Free Market Voice for Wisconsin has a couple of new homes. The John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy, a free market think tank, has opened a new office across from the State Capitol in Madison and… Read More MacIver Institute Opens Office on Capitol Square, Launches Redesigned Website