It's mid-January, 2015 in Wisconsin. Just inaugurated, the Assembly and Senate "Takeover Stage" by Republicans is set.
Less than a week after inauguration Wisconsin champions of Public Education faced the Stunning First Wisconsin Legislation on deck: Wisconsin 2015 Assembly Bill #1 -AB1
Cynically labeled the "School Accountability Bill" by the new 2015 WI Assembly Education Committee,by January 7th, the
A.L.E.C.-style legislation revealed the Republican plan to disintegrate the proud and celebrated Wisconsin Public School System!
January 13th, 2015 marked history as the day the Capitol Switchboard crashed due to outraged calls about the contents and future implications of AB#1.
The Public Hearing, for Wisconsin AB#1, on January 14th at 10am, filled the hearing room to standing-room only with huge overflow. Testimony lasted eleven hours. The public did not get its chance to BEGIN testifying until 2:00pm. Large numbers of citizens wishing to testify never got the chance. Time ran out!
Will we now watch in horror, knowing time has run out to preserve and improve public Education in Wisconsin? It appears Wisconsin Republican legislators salivate at possibility of creating a privatized education system on track to be a template for other state education 'takeovers'! Is this possible or common sense in the USA?
Shared here will be the compelling testimonies of citizens and educators of Wisconsin, concerned our children and students will be the big losers as corporate-style systems are on the brink of being installed participate in dismantling one of the finest education systems in US history.
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4:46 PM PT: Testimony of veteran educator, 28 years experience working with deaf children, Please take note:
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