The old system gave WEAC’s favorite insurance company an unfair advantage
It would be foolish to allow a simple error to cloud the truth about WEA Trust insurance.
The Wisconsin Republican Party apparently goofed when it recently issued a press release, claiming the Marshfield school district saved $850,000 by switching away from WEA Trust, an insurance carrier established [...]
Teachers who don’t give students their best effort should be immediately removed from the classroom
Teachers union leaders in the Kaukauna school district are obviously angry because the school board used a new state law to force them to pay a little more toward their health insurance and pension costs.
Now one of the lead [...]
Wisconsin students, school budgets rank low on their list of priorities
Who cares about children and public education in Wisconsin?
Gov. Scott Walker and his legislative allies have reduced aid to public schools, because the state is broke and its budget needs to be balanced. Some say taxes should be raised to maintain school funding at [...]
Budget repair law is helping districts dig out of financial hole caused by school employee unions
Yet another federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair law has been filed by two public sector labor unions.
The unions hope to roll back the new limits on their collective bargaining privileges. If the [...]
Dane County DA made a mockery of transparency, state open records law
It took a lawsuit to convince Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne to finally honor the state’s open records law and turn over copies of his work emails that were requested by Education Action Group.
It’s been weeks since EAG requested copies of [...]
Move comes 7 months after the school board foolishly inked 4-year deal with teachers union
What were they thinking?
Last November, the Milwaukee school board signed a historic four-year contract with the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, even though it was clear to onlookers that newly-elected Gov. Scott Walker and state lawmakers were going to enact [...]
This Thursday, a Dane County judge will hear Education Action Group’s suit against Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne for ignoring repeated open records requests.
It’s scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 9:00 a.m. in room 5A in the Dane County Courthouse. It was moved from room 5D to accommodate media access. The case number is [...]
Judge will hear case against open government hypocrite
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne sued the Wisconsin legislature earlier this year over the passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, citing government transparency issues.
He argued that a legislative committee did not post proper notice of its meeting before voting on Walker’s legislation.
“Transparency in government [...]
Unions keeping promise to use a “tsunami of litigation” to block Walker’s budget repair legislation
We were disappointed to learn that the Wisconsin State Assembly will no longer consider a plan to create a school voucher program in Green Bay.
We believe all parents – wealthy, middle class and poor – should have the opportunity [...]
With collective bargaining obstruction removed, schools can cut labor costs, use savings for students
Public school officials throughout Wisconsin can move ahead with plans to minimize the impact of pending cuts in state aid, now that the state Supreme Court has dismissed a lower court’s restraining order preventing Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill from [...]
