WMC Supports Technical College Manufacturing Programs
Nick NovakWMC’s Senior Director of Workforce, Education and Employment Policy Rachel Ver Velde testified in support of AB 549 and AB 550, relating to technical education equipment grants and grants for…
Media Misses the Mark on Latest SAT Numbers
Pat GarrettThis week, new SAT rankings were released by Nootroedge that placed Wisconsin at the top in the nation. This “news” was used by public school advocates as evidence that Wisconsin’s…
GOP to Blame for UWWC Demise?
OwenI was amused by this letter to the editor in the Washington County Daily News. Look, I get wanting to use events to credit/blame the party you like/don’t, but how,…
Proposed Amendment to Prevent “Zuckerbucks.”
Sierra JohnEarlier this week, a Senate Committee held a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment that would prohibit anyone involved with state or local government from applying for, accepting, expending, or…
World Relief Wisconsin Leader Says Biden Administration Has Decided Refugees Are Coming to Eau Claire
M.D. KittleAn official with a refugee resettlement organization told The Wisconsin Daily Star that 75 refugees are coming to Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley beginning in early January, and there’s nothing opponents of…
Conservatives push for colorblind UW System
Mark LisheronBill banning race-based aid given public hearing Thursday Saying they “have not given up on a colorblind society,” Wisconsin Republicans have filed a bill to remove race-based considerations from an…
Good riddance to the ‘one way of teaching’
Patrick McIlheranAmerica has changed its mind on what public education looks like, thanks to parents who demanded school choice “The Death of Public School,” proclaimed the title of a widely touted…
We like Mike (Johnson)!
David BlaskaA star is born! A great communicator explains conservatism with a human face. "I think all the American people, at one time, had great pride in this institution. But right…
Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin Supports Castration, Sterilization Surgeries of Children
Jim PiwowarczykU.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) has made it clear that she opposes a Wisconsin legislative bill that bans genital and other surgeries on transgender children, including castration and sterilization. Baldwin…
Standing up to progressive hate
Platinum subscriber (with gold leaf cluster) Jonathan Burack got us going on this and Platinum subscriber Cornelius (“The Gotch”) Gotchberg provided the link we reproduce here. Jonathan B writes his…