{"id":13590,"date":"2024-04-01T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=13590"},"modified":"2024-04-01T10:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:14:38","slug":"criteria-does-not-include-any-proof-of-actual-academic-or-behavioral-student-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=13590","title":{"rendered":"\u201ccriteria&nbsp;does not include any proof of actual academic or behavioral student progress\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davidblaska.com\/2024\/03\/30\/tony-evers-protects-public-schools-from-reform\/\">David Blaska:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small solace that he can\u2019t be worse than Jennifer Cheatham, who presently is cloning herself over at depends-on-the-context Harvard U. Can anyone tell the Werkes why, say, a Tommy Thompson would not do a bang-up job as superintendent of Madison schools? Or a Scott McCallum, whose degree is economics? Who else could produce tangible results? Why not a Barry Alvarez, Judith Faulkner, Kevin Conroy, Zach Brandon, Kaleem Caire, Paul Soglin, Mike Gallagher, or Paul Ryan \u2014 all successful managers of complex institutions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Blaska\u2019s Bottom Line:<\/strong>&nbsp;Ernest Hemingway, Henry Ford, Harry Truman, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg never got college degrees. Never futzed up Madison\u2019s public schools, either!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2018\/12\/21\/the-data-clearly-indicate-that-being-able-to-read-is-not-a-requirement-for-graduation-at-madison-east-especially-if-you-are-black-or-hispanic\/\">data clearly indicate that being able to read is not a requirement for graduation<\/a>&nbsp;at (Madison) East, especially if you are black or Hispanic\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2019\/09\/25\/my-question-to-wisconsin-governor-tony-evers-on-teacher-mulligans-and-our-disastrous-reading-results\/\">Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers<\/a>&nbsp;on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2017\/12\/06\/reading-interventionist-teachers-remarks-to-the-school-board-on-madisons-disastrous-reading-results\/\">Remarks to the School Board on Madison\u2019s Disastrous Reading Results&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madison\u2019s taxpayer supported K-12 school district,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mmsdbudget.wordpress.com\/\">despite spending far more than most<\/a>, has&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2018\/12\/21\/the-data-clearly-indicate-that-being-able-to-read-is-not-a-requirement-for-graduation-at-madison-east-especially-if-you-are-black-or-hispanic\/\">long tolerated disastrous reading results<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2009\/08\/12\/the_madison_sch_4\/\">\u201cAn emphasis on adult employment\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wisconsin Public Policy Forum&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wispolicyforum.org\/research\/budget-brief-madison-metropolitan-school-district-2021-proposed-budget\/\">Madison School District Report<\/a>[<a href=\"http:\/\/schoolinfosystem.org\/pdf\/2020\/05\/2021MadisonSchoolBudgetBrief_wi_policy_forum.pdf\">PDF<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WEAC:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2010\/11\/04\/has_weac_given\/\">$1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2021\/11\/05\/friday-afternoon-veto-governor-evers-rejects-ab446-sb454-an-effort-to-address-our-long-term-disastrous-reading-results\/\">Friday Afternoon Veto: Governor Evers Rejects AB446\/SB454<\/a>; an effort to address our long term, disastrous reading results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2020\/05\/27\/booked-but-cant-read-madison-functional-literacy-national-citizenship-and-the-new-face-of-dred-scott-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration\/\">Booked, but can\u2019t read (Madison)<\/a>: functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolinfosystem.org\/2010\/03\/22\/when_a_stands_f\/\">When A Stands for Average<\/a>: Students at the UW-Madison School of Education Receive Sky-High Grades. How Smart is That?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Blaska: Small solace that he can\u2019t be worse than Jennifer Cheatham, who presently is cloning herself over at depends-on-the-context Harvard U. Can anyone tell the Werkes why, say, a Tommy Thompson would not do a bang-up job as superintendent of Madison schools? Or a Scott McCallum, whose degree is economics? 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