Daily Archives: July 1, 2009

by | July 1, 2009 · 11:47 am

Three Good Things in the Wisconsin Budget

number3bnwNone of these is directly about education.

  1. Closing the Las Vegas Loophole.(technically this was done outside of the budget process).
  2. Enabling the creation of  Regional Transit Authorities.  The final version is far from perfect, but in general a good thing.
  3. Increasing the tax by 1% on those earning over $300,000.

What did I miss?  Are there any other positive steps (not just “could have been worse” things)?

Thomas J. Mertz

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by | July 1, 2009 · 9:29 am

Super Education Blogging

DC_Universe_001The National Journal has a new education blog up with an impressive list of participants.

The list tilts toward corporate “reformers” and their enablers, but there are some good  and thoughtful people too.

The format is that the editors pose a question each week  — the first one is on “the best use of the stimulus money” — and the contributors respond.  No comments from the public are allowed.

Thus far there has not been much interaction among the contributors and many of the responses seem  like well rehearsed boilerplate.  However, given the power and influence of many involved I think it will be worth checking out regularly.

Thomas J. Mertz

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