WAES
endorses Burmaster’s budget
September 25, 2006
Partners in the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools
(WAES) have endorsed State Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth
Burmaster’s 2007-09 budget proposal that asks for an
increase in public education spending of over $600 million...
Stepp’s
head-in-sand approach ignores school reality, blocks public
debate
April 10, 2006
When more than two dozen state legislators tried to do
something to help Wisconsin’s public schools with their
financial crises, all State Sen. Cathy Stepp (R-Racine) could
do was belittle their effort...
It’s
time to stand with Florence
July, 2005 (op-ed)
For the past few years, many legislators turned their
backs on public-school advocates who complained about funding
problems...
Florence
school-closing tragedy is a failure of the state education-finance
system
June 30, 2005
The tragedy of the Florence County School District is
a sign of things to come. On Wednesday evening, June 29, 2005,
the Florence School Board voted, with some members in tears,
to formally begin the process of dissolving the district.
The district’s school doors could close forever within
12 months...
Gov.
Doyle’s Welcome Proposal to Restore Two-Thirds Funding
of Public Schools
February 9, 2005
Gov. Jim Doyle’s bold proposal to regain lost ground
for school budgets by restoring two-thirds state funding is
a win-win for children and for property taxpayers, said the
Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES). It’s
a smart strategy to combine increased state support for public
education with property tax relief...
Burmaster’s
budget a big step forward
September 22, 2004
The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools applauds
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster’s education
budget proposal, which includes many crucial and timely initiatives
to help school children get a better education and school
districts address growing financial crises.
Task Force did
good things for children, schools; Walk on the Child's Side
supports recommendations
June 23, 2004
The Governor's Task Force on Educational Excellence has
redirected Wisconsin's school funding debate in the right
direction, by putting the emphasis on adequate funding for
academic programs to improve educational opportunities for
all Wisconsin children.
Walkers en route to Madison
and school-finance reform
June 8, 2004
Everything was perfect on Monday, June 7, for opening
day of the Walk on the Child's Side, an 18-day, 252-mile march
of grassroots activists for school-finance reform in Wisconsin.
Burmaster's State
Aid Initiative Helps Rural Schools
June 7, 2004
The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools applauds
State Superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster's "Advancing
Rural Wisconsin" initiative, as a significant step toward
addressing the financial problems facing many rural school
districts.
Join the walk for our children's
futures
May 26, 2004
Thousands of parents, students, educator and taxpayers
are lining up to be part of the fourth Walk on the Child's
Side, an 18-day, 250-mile march for school-finance reform.
Statewide Study on School Finance
Sheds Light on Conditions of Urban, Suburban, and Rural School
Districts (IWF)
Feburary 26, 2004
Wisconsin policymakers are poised to overhaul the K-12
public school-finance system, and the decisions they make
will have an impact on our children for well over the next
decade. Most of Wisconsin's 426 school districts are in financial
crises, and it's crucial that a new state finance system meets
their diverse needs. A new report from the Institute for Wisconsin's
Future presents in-depth data on economic, geographic, and
demographic factors and their unique impact on the various
types of school districts throughout the state.
Students, Parents, Educators,
and Community Leaders Tell Governor's Task Force the School
Finance System Hurts Kids
October 30, 2003
Students, schools, entire districts, and communities face
serious problems and lost opportunities because of Wisconsin's
complicated, unequal, and inadequate school funding system.
That's the message people from throughout the northern part
of the state will bring to Wausau for the Governor's Task
Force on Educational Excellence on Thursday, November 6.
Governor's Task Force
Can Link School Finance with Student Needs
August 22, 2003
The creation of the Governor's Task Force on Educational
Excellence is a potentially landmark event for public education
in Wisconsin. It is an opportunity to fundamentally reform
the state's school-finance system—a system that is complex,
unfair, and inadequate—and guarantee that all students
really have adequate educational resources and the opportunity
to reach academic proficiency.
School-funding reform coalition
applauds governor's education vetoes
July 24, 2003
The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES), a
statewide school-funding reform coalition, applauded Governor
Jim Doyle for doing the right thing for kids by using his
vetoes to shield Wisconsin's public school children from harm.
Governor should use veto
power to protect kids
June 25, 2003
A statewide coalition of individuals and organizations
concerned about public education has called on Governor Jim
Doyle to "use his veto power as he sees appropriate in
order to protect our children and their schools."
Budget Plan Cripples Schools
and Communities
June 4, 2003
Parents of Wisconsin school children should be alarmed
by the budget plan approved Wednesday by the Republican-dominated
Joint Finance Committee. The committee's action cuts educational
support for kids, reduces all schools' capacity to meet state
and federal laws, shortchanges basic community services, and
takes away local taxpayer control, according to the Wisconsin
Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES), a statewide coalition
working for school-finance reform.
Doyle Budget: K-12 Cuts,
Higher Property Taxes, False Equity
February 19, 2003
The governor's budget proposal abandons the state's commitment
to two-thirds funding of school costs, dealing a blow to both
students and home owners.
Statewide group offers "Adequacy"
school funding plan
January 16, 2003
The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools released
Thursday a school-finance reform plan that realigns school
funding with educational needs, helps every school district
in the state, and offers property tax relief in almost every
community.
Statewide group offers new school-funding
plan
January 15, 2003
To combat the growing financial crisis in public schools
across the state, a network of parents, school district administrators,
school board members, teachers, advocacy groups, and faith-based
organizations have developed a proposal to revamp the way
Wisconsin funds public schools.
Report Reveals How School
Revenue Limits Are Affecting Schools (IWF)
January 2001
Data from a new report from IWF, collected with the help
of the Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES), show
that Wisconsin's schools are all being affected by the revenue
limits law. The law has basically frozen schools at per-pupil
spending levels from the 1992-1993 school year, with a small
increase allowed each year.
Wisconsin School Principals
Point to State Revenue Caps as Major Cause of School Budget
Problems: Financial Difficulties Caused by Revenue Limits
Undermine Quality of Public School Education Statewide, New
Survey Reveals (IWF)
February 19, 1998
A survey released today by the Institute for Wisconsin's
Future (IWF) reveals that 87 percent of the Wisconsin school
principals surveyed state that revenue caps are having a negative
impact on school finances; 50 percent of the respondents believe
the impact to be severe.
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