Wisconsin
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"McCarthy said a technical education teacher position in 2009 yielded 17 applicants, but the same position had 5 applicants in 2013. A fifth grade teacher yielded 259 applicants in 2009, yet there were only 28 applicants in 2014 for the same position
down 30 teachers from the four years ago
anticipates $5 million in cuts this year. Tasha Bell, equity coordinator for the district, said This year we have gone to fairs in Illinois hoping to net some bilingual and candidates of color.
Cheryl Hanley-Maxwell, associate dean of teacher education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said there has been a decline among students pursuing education at the university. It hasnt been significant, but its going down, Hanley-Maxell said.
Hanley-Maxwell said those who do become teachers are choosing more often to leave the state, estimating a 10 percent increase in students who leave Wisconsin after graduating from UW-Madison
enrollment in California teaching programs is down 53 percent"
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The last Republican to take control of Wisconsin caused a similar exodus known as "brain drain".
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)they will wonder why there are so many fewer teachers available in Wisconsin and few if any will understand that Scott Walker was the cause.
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)to leave the state, then he can also find a way to disband ISIL.
nxylas
(6,440 posts)Replace them with cheap, non-unionised, less qualified teachers and give any money saved to the Koch Brothers?
bvf
(6,604 posts)Yes, all part of the plan.
midnight
(26,624 posts)Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)"Koch Bros" can be considered metaphor here... representing redistribution of wealth generally.
But they're actually doing "all right", I'm sure, in the current ed "reorganization" is Wisconsis.
Madmiddle
(459 posts)Lack of vision in the republican party, as to cause and effect, will drive people to move. Pretty simple thing to understand. Yet these, Boss Hogs, just can't see it...
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I think this is deliberate, as is blocking voters from the polls, eliminating social programs, taxing the lower and middle class more and the 1% very little, etc.
The Republican Party wants a return to the aristocracy/feudal type of "government" and, unfortunately, I see it happening in many states already.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)Crash the economy, like W and Reagan did, and then those teachers won't have other options! They'll come begging!
DamnYankeeInHouston
(1,365 posts)SmittynMo
(3,544 posts)Walker is destroying Wisconsin. No one wants to live there anymore and I don't blame them 1 bit for moving on. I know if I was there, I'd be long gone by now.
As for the reduction in teachers, as long as there is 1 person to fill the job, he's good with it. Do you honestly think he cares one bit that the applicants have been greatly reduced?
I read a week ago, that he wants to apply his same corrupt principals to all 50 states if he becomes president. Can you imagine the impending disaster if that happens?
Land of the free? Not with this Bozo in office.
n2doc
(47,953 posts)and deluded. And I'll bet they have no problem with this -"love it or leave it' is their motto.
Borchkins
(724 posts)Fairgo
(1,571 posts)To really appreciate the jaw dropping UW Madison fall from grace. This was the Berkley of the Midwest, the bastion of progressive thought, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, the birthplace of the Onion...in a state where education for all was second to none. The attacks started with Toxic Tommy, and the coup de gras appears poised behind Scott Walkers dead eyes. This is no accident. Wisconsin was a symbol, it needed to be destroyed.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)And it still was when I was a student there in the 60's & 70's.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)When Bush the Elder started this unending war. I still collaborate with many of my colleagues, including Cheryl. I like to believe that the deep roots of UW Madison's democratic soul will sustain it through this descent into ignorance.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)my favorite cousin is a graduate, and being older than I am, was there for the start of the progressive movements on campus. She taught me. I haven't recovered, don't expect to, and certainly don't want to! Welcome to DU, by the way!
riversedge
(70,220 posts)yes, was just going to post about this sad issue as I saw this tweet:
Parents angry over Walker's cuts to Schools-while teacher applicants way down or they're just leaving Wisconsin http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/?spref=tw #p2 http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/?spref=tw #p2
Thursday, March 19, 2015
Parents Statewide angry over Walker's cuts to Schools, while teacher applicants way down or they're just leaving Wisconsin.
Scott Walker's budget was so dramatically out of line with expectations of state residents, that it's hard to know what he was thinking. This is an all or nothing proposed downsizing or rejection of everything "government." Many Walker voters are suddenly feeling the full effects of their own policy. Beloit Daily News:
BRILLION, WI: The overwhelming message dozens of educators, parents and school board members delivered to the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee Wednesday was simple: Fund public schools and stop the expansion of taxpayer-subsidized vouchers.
"I'm not just concerned, I'm appalled that education cuts are even on the table. Our schools are not failing as you have been repeatedly told. They are struggling to succeed with the little resources that you offer them," Kathryn Carley, who has children in the Green Bay Area Public School District, told the committee. Hundreds of community members attended the day-long public hearing at Brillion High School, most of them voicing concerns on varying aspects of Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget.....more