Introduction
The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools (WAES) is offering
a free discussion for school and community groups, business
and industry, and parent and senior citizen organizations
on the public school funding crisis in Wisconsin. This workshop
provides a statewide overview of the state's school-funding
challenge and an alternative method to guarantee educational
opportunities for all children.
What is this free workshop about?
Solving Wisconsin’s school-funding problem
is designed to be short, clear, and relevant to groups across
the state. It can be tailored to your community and timeframe,
and the presentation is aimed at taking action to reform how
we fund our public schools. The presentation reviews:
- The challenges facing Wisconsin's
children and schools
- How schools are funded
- How districts are coping with revenue
problems
- What we expect from our schools
- A new idea—adequate funding
for all children
- Investing in the futures of our
children and schools
What does it include?
Communities throughout Wisconsin have educational values.
They expect their children to receive excellent educational
opportunities. These values and opportunities are now threatened
because of revenue shortfalls.
- The next component of the workshop is
a review of how schools are funded. This segment examines
concepts such as revenue limits and the myth of 2/3 state
funding.
- We look closely at how local school boards
are dealing with funding problems, including reducing staff,
increasing class size, limiting opportunities, and postponing
maintenance.
- We expect a lot from our students and
schools, so we'll take a look at the standards and goals
of the Supreme Court, the Legislature, parents, the Department
of Public Instruction, and the federal government's No Child
Left Behind act.
- There is a simple, fair, common-sense
way to fund our public schools. Adequacy determines what
resources are needed to produce specific academic results.
- If education is a priority in Wisconsin,
then it's time to invest in that priority, so let's talk
about what you can do make school funding reform a reality.
What is WAES and why are we doing this?
WAES is a diverse, statewide non-profit, non-partisan organization
working toward comprehensive school-funding reform. Click
here to learn more about WAES. We have traveled the state
for the last decade working with thousands of people in hundreds
of communities.
In the area of education, WAES works with partners throughout
the state to reform Wisconsin's school-funding system based
on providing adequate resources to give all children-no matter
what their special needs or where they live-the opportunity
to succeed.
What do I need to do?
Please arrange for WAES to be on the agenda of regularly
scheduled meetings of the school board, parent organizations,
business, civic, and religious groups—groups that have
a stake in the quality of public education. Fill in the form
below, call Tom Beebe at 920-650-0525, or e-mail him tbeebe@excellentschools.org
at to schedule a presentation and get the process started.
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