Welcome Wisconsin Progressives

Our great State of Wisconsin has been under attack. There is hardly a facet of our lives that has not been affected to one degree or another. Governor Scott Walker will likely go down in history as the worst Governor this state has ever had and the current Republicans in the legislature have demonstrated repeatedly that they will do nothing but rubber stamp his agenda. Walker has an interesting history that should have warned us but we share some of the fault that he is in office at this point. But we will prevail fellow Progressives; this state gave birth to the Progressive Party and its history of leadership on Progressivism is second to none. We shall prevail and may we never let our guard down again!

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The White Elephant in the Room

Everyone wants to "fix" public education.  Well, actually the Republicans as they follow their ALEC playbook, don't appear to want to strengthen public education but rather, perhaps, to contribute to its demise.  Along with this demolition of public education, special education's future seems to be very much in question.  Now, I am not going to say that the area of special education should not be closely examined.  At the rate that our nation's children are being "diagnosed" as requiring special education it is a wonder that the Centers for Disease Control have not stepped in.  Crisis would be a good term to describe this landslide of "diagnoses".  The term, diagnosis, is used loosely for it is a combination of medical perspective and educational perspective that qualifies a child for special education.  In tomorrow's blog we will go into the history of special education as it is important to review the goals and purpose of this valuable legislation and where this great progress has become derailed.  But in the meantime please read what ALEC's plans seem to be for those with special needs.

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