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Illinois looks to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker for reforms

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

     Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s willingness to address his state’s problems head-on is not only drawing the attention of education reformers, it’s attracting leaders from other states struggling with many of the same problems he inherited as Wisconsin’s 45th governor.

     The Illinois Chamber of Commerce invited Walker to speak at its annual Springfield lobby day in [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, collective bargaining, Doug Whitley, EAG, Education Action Group, Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, pension debt, public sector pensions, The State Journal-Register | Leave a comment

Reformers: Gov. Scott Walker is a “Rock Star of Ed Reform”

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

     Gov. Scott Walker’s move to curb the power of teachers unions and his reliably pro-student agenda is earning the applause of education reformers across the country, and last week he was officially dubbed a “Rock Star of Education Reform” by the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual Charter School Families.

     “WEAC even tried to shut us [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, collective bargaining, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, Jane Krummer-Meyer, MacIver Institute, virtual schools, Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual Charter Schools | Leave a comment

Education reformers send Wisconsin teachers union a message

By Victor | Published: April 4, 2012

     Education reformers with the group READER-WI (Reforming Education And Demanding Excellent Results) sent a message to taxpayers and union officials by way of a billboard on the Beltline near WEAC headquarters in Madison.

     The humongous sign depicts a bummed-out school girl with a famous quote from former American Federation of teachers President Albert Shanker: [...]

Posted in Daily Updates, Uncategorized | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers, collective bargaining, EAG, Education Action Group, education reform, Isthmus, Jeff Waksman, National Education Association, NEA, READER-WI, teachers union, WEAC, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin teachers union | Leave a comment

Poll shows Wisconsin residents have limited interest in Big Labor’s fight with Walker

By Victor | Published: March 29, 2012

Recall is all about union revenge, but citizens interested in other issues
     Wisconsin’s pending recall election is not about Republicans vs. Democrats.

     It’s about the public sector unions seeking revenge against Gov. Scott Walker for Act 10, which cancelled many of their collective bargaining privileges.

     And it’s becoming more clear every day that the people of [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, collective bargaining, Education Action Group, WEAC, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin teachers union | Leave a comment

“Wisconsin for Falk” equals Big Labor money

By Victor | Published: March 28, 2012

Several media outlets have pulled the pants down on the “Wisconsin for Falk” campaign, revealing that the “grassroots” effort is nothing more than a Big Labor super-PAC with ties to the Wisconsin Education Association Council, AFSCME, and out-of-state liberal operatives.

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged #edreform, #education, #kyleolson4, @eagfdn, Act 10, AFSCME, Big Labor, Joournal Sentinel, Kathleen Falk, Michael Vaughn, Mother Jones, Wisconsin Education Association Council | Leave a comment

New report from EAG explains why Act 10 was crucial for cash-strapped Wisconsin schools

By Victor | Published: March 14, 2012

Teachers unions routinely blocked efforts to save money for students
     Wisconsin’s teachers unions have complained bitterly about the partial loss of their collective bargaining privileges, but never told the people of Wisconsin how they routinely abused those privileges, to the detriment of local schools and their students.

     A new report from EAG, “The Bad Old Days [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged Act 10, collective bargaining, education reform, public school spending, union concessions, WEAC, Wisconsin collective bargaining reform, Wisconsin Education Association Council, Wisconsin teachers union | Leave a comment

WI Gov. Scott Walker’s reforms are putting students first

By Victor | Published: February 22, 2012

Recent media reports show that Gov. Walker’s Act 10 reforms are restructuring public education in Wisconsin, and students and taxpayers are reaping the rewards.

In Oshkosh, officials are reworking their plan to trim $3.4 million from the budget by eliminating 37 teachers. A new proposal calls instead for a wage freeze that [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged Act 10, collective bargaining reform, Education Action Group, New Richmond News, New Richmond schools, Oshkosh schools, PostCrescent.com, public school spending, Somerset school district, Wisconsin education reform | Leave a comment

Did Wisconsin teachers union president Mary Bell tell a lie?

By Victor | Published: February 22, 2012

She denied “veto demand,” but fellow union leaders say otherwise

By Victor Skinner
EAG Communications

   MADISON – Wisconsin Education Association Council President Mary Bell is a liar.

   That’s according to a recent blog on BigGovernment.com by Collin Roth of Media Trackers.

   Roth looked into recent media reports that WEAC officials asked prospective gubernatorial candidates [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged Act 10 reforms, collective bargaining, Education Action Group, education reform, Media Trackers, National Education Association, NEA, WEAC, WEAC President Mary Bell, Wisconsin Education Association Council | Leave a comment

Wisconsin vouchers: money versus students

By Victor | Published: February 8, 2012

     Green Bay school officials are pressing state representatives to vote on legislation designed to keep the states school voucher program from expanding to districts beyond Milwaukee and Racine.

     The Green Bay school board last week sent a letter to Gov. Scott Walker and area legislators demanding a vote on legislation already approved by the [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged education reform, Green Bay Press Gazette, Green Bay schools, Green Bay vouchers, private school vouchers, public school spending | Leave a comment

Wisconsin resident summarizes the union influence on education in well-written editorial

By Victor | Published: February 1, 2012

     Baraboo resident Ellen Bueno recently wrote an editorial for the Portage Daily Register that should be required reading for all Wisconsin voters this election. It’s truly a lesson in labor history.

     In the column titled “Teachers unions don’t serve kids,” Bueno reflects on the influence of Big Labor on the state’s education system, from how [...]

Posted in Daily Updates | Also tagged collective bargaining, education reform, Portage Daily Register | Leave a comment

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