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April 5, 2012Ongoing Language Deformation Battles: Past Wisconsin school Spending surveys shed new light on '11-12 results
*The most recent survey was conducted by the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators and used a different format. The other surveys were conducted by the Wisconsin Education Association Council. WEAC didn't respond to questions about whether it had results for the 2008-09, 2009-10 or 2010-11.SOURCE: WASDA/WEAC surveys with comments from local newspaper reporter Matthew DeFour & Clay Barbour: Matthew DeFour & Clay Barbour: Wisconsin superintendents survey last fall found state budget cuts prompted school districts to eliminate thousands of staff positions, increase class sizes, raise student fees and reduce extracurricular offerings this school year. Related: WEAC: $1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators, Sparks fly over Wisconsin budget's labor-related provisions and Teachers Union & (Madison) School Board Elections. Describing the evil effects of revolution, Thucydides writes, "Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them." (P. 199 of the Landmark edition) Politics and the English Language by George Orwell (1946). Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 5, 2012 8:38 AMSubscribe to this site via RSS/Atom: Newsletter signup | Send us your ideas Comments
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