Sample letters to the editor

Use the links below to open Microsoft Office files you can customize and send to your local newspaper, sharing your experience about how Governor Walker's agenda will hurt you, your school and your community.

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Recently published letters

"It is as a veteran of the U.S. Army that I find Governor Scott Walker’s actions most reprehensible" – Kenosha News May 2012

Walker "doesn’t tell the whole story"– Kenosha News May 2012

"Can you defend this man?" – Sun Prairie Star, February 2012

STANDING STRONG AGAINST ALL ODDS: Wisconsin educators continue to stand strong 

Letter: Looking back on a year of division in our state, it hasn’t been easy. Yet, our energy and commitment to the Wisconsin we remember is still strong.

Letter: Instead of attacking public school employees, it’s my hope that all Wisconsinites will take time to visit a local school, put themselves in a teacher’s shoes, and realize it’s not as glamorous as those who attack us make it out to be.

Letter: I ask you to stand up for public schools to keep them strong, and to remember the promise that they offer our children.

Countering Walker's false claim that his "tools are working."

Letter: Despite what he says, there is nothing “working” about Walker’s education priorities. In fact it’s just the opposite

Letter: How can Walker gloat that – because of fewer educators in schools and the huge class sizes as a result – students aren’t receiving the individual attention they need to succeed?

Letter: To have a governor who so openly undermines our efforts to promote public education is a travesty

Letter: Despite a cry for “jobs, jobs, jobs,” Governor Walker has failed to deliver his jobs promises

Letter: As a teacher, I know firsthand the devastating effects Walker has had on public education, here and across the state.

Letter: What happened to doing what is best for our children?

Letter: It is simply impossible for Wisconsin’s public school system to absorb a loss of a billion dollars without loss of programs and leadership

Letter: Walker puts schools’ future in jeopardy

Letter: We see the impact of these cuts every day, especially when it comes to helping the increasing number of students with special needs

Letter: Mary Bell is right: Wisconsin schools are hurting

Letter: Columnist is wrong: All is not well in our school districts

Letter: Numbers don’t lie: Survey shows Walker’s cuts are hurting schools

Sample op-ed: Our students deserve honesty, not spin, Mr. Governor

Yes to accountability, no to Governor Walker

Letter 1: Walker never listened to me, and he has been on a mission to silence my voice and the voice of tens of thousands of educators.

Letter 2: Why should we trust a governor who just ripped away nearly $1 billion in essential school funds?

Letter 3: I’ve learned the hard way that sometimes politicians like Walker won’t listen.

Pulling resources from public schools for 2R charter schools

Letter 1: Why should we open the door for private out-of-state firms to open schools at the expense of our public schools?

Letter 2: This legislation further damages the budgets of local school districts at a time when budgets have already been cut to the bone 

Letter 3: Public schools are the great equalizer and should not be for profit

Letter 4: This is an attempt to privatize education and undermine local control

Public funding for private voucher schools

Letter 1: This is just one more way that Governor Walker can continue to use the state’s most vulnerable populations to benefit his political cronies

Letter 2: Governor Walker would also like to further cripple the foundation of our society by using taxpayer dollars to fund private and religious schools

Letter 3: This extreme plan is designed to push a political ideology and is wrong for Wisconsin

Letter 4: How can you invest in these at the same time you’re cutting $1 billion from public schools?