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April 14, 2010
Check out our new Frequently Asked Questions section and document!
March 11, 2010
We have two interesting but troubling news items to share. The first is an editorial in the Wisconsin State Journal and the other is an article in Isthmus.
Clearly something needs to be done about school funding and fast.
March 5, 2010
Check out this terrific video. While adults are dithering and trying to work the angles and technicalities of school-funding reform, students around Wisconsin watching their educational opportunities erode and their futures cloud over.
No more, though. Young people are waking up and taking charge by telling adults what is really being lost because of a school-funding system that no longer works for kids, schools, or communities.
Jake Berg has produced an eight-minute video entitled “The Library is Closed” that tells the story of what is happening in schools from one end of the state to the other. Jake, a a junior in the telecommunications program and Waukesha West High School, entered the video in the C-Span Student Cam Competition. It is must viewing for everyone, especially legislators who can’t find a good enough reason to reform Wisconsin’s school-finance crisis.
February 11, 2010
"A Horrible Situation" Madison schools face $30 million budget hole
"I think what's happened is the state of Wisconsin has effectively passed along the tax problem to the local level, in terms of either we raise taxes to support public education, or public education isn't going to be supported," said Erik Kass, assistant superintendent for business services.
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February 10, 2010
Many organizations are supporting a Penny for Kids including...
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February 5, 2010
Another great post by TJ Mertz (and a Penny for Kids mention): Something Nice — Wausaukee Wins Awards (and more on State and Local School Finance)
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February 2, 2010
You heard that right... A Penny for Kids on the radio! "Penny for Kids" Gets More Attention
Read the story and leave a comment!
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January 31, 2010
Have you read the story about a Penny for Kids in today's Wisconsin State Journal: Group proposes sales tax increase to fund schools.
Read the story and leave a comment!
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January 9, 2010
Terrific blog post by TJ Mertz: Group proposes sales tax increase to fund schools
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January 4, 2010
How big is the financial crisis facing our schools? Here is an interesting article about the impact of the state budget on Wisconsin schools: In many area school districts, a need for painful financial cuts.
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December 22, 2009
New! Click for a full color flier that you can copy, print, and distribute. Do your part to keep the ball rolling!
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December 19, 2009
As the school funding crisis grows, we need “A Penny for Kids”
The crisis of funding in Wisconsin’s public schools is so deep and so wide that immediate legislative action is needed to just protect the education our children have now much less the education they deserve in the future.
To address that crisis, Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES) has launched “A Penny for Kids,” a campaign to raise the sales tax one-cent to help fill the gap in public school funding created by the 2009-11 budget and to try to keep the lid on property taxes. At the same time, WAES will continue to work for comprehensive reform, understanding the long-term answer to the problem is a new, sustainable funding system that recognizes the needs of children and the goal of quality education for every student.
If passed, a one-cent increase in the sales tax will raise about $850 million annually. According to the plan being worked out by WAES members, the largest portion of that revenue would be devoted to children in classrooms through increases in categorical aid. Additionally, because it would increase the state’s share of school aid “A Penny for Kids” would slow increases in property taxes expected in the wake of the most recent state budget. One example of that distribution is:
<<<Click here to sign the "Penny for Kids" petition now!>>>
So, how bad is this crisis? See for yourself:
<<<Click here to sign the "Penny for Kids" petition now!>>>
<<<Download and distribute the "Penny for Kids" flyer!>>>
