Press Releases
November 2008
American Education Week column: A week for our future
August 2008
Column: New school year resolutions
June 2008
Column: Congratulations and thank you
May 2008
Budget vetoes reinforce need for school funding reform
March 2008
Superintendents: Revenue caps increase class sizes,
decrease school safety, harm public education [3/26/08]
Mary Bell: Virtual schools agreement is a sensible compromise amid a school funding crisis [3/11/08]
Laura Vernon receives national honor [3/11/08]
Dan Burkhalter: Governor’s budget repair plan reflects the right priorities [3/10/08]
February 2008
Looking before we leap [2/29/08]
Before it's too late [2/25/08]
Column: Let's get real about school funding [2/21/08]
Mary Bell: Virtual charter school compromise bill is responsible and fair [2/19/08]
Tax deduction recognizes financial contributions of educators [2/13/08]
D.J. Holub is WEAC's Director of Collective Bargaining and Research [2/11/08]
January 2008
WEAC awaits details and data on proposed virtual charter school legislation [1/25/08]
WEAC calls for fiscal, academic accountability in virtual charter school legislation [1/24/08]
WEAC seeks balanced legislation that makes virtual schools accountable to all stakeholders [1/17/08]
What we believe about great schools - Mary Bell guest column (pdf) [1/14/08]
December 2007
110 state teachers earn National Board Certification [12/7/07]
WEAC applauds appeals court ruling on Wisconsin Virtual Academy [12/5/07]
August 2007
'Keep up the great work,' Johnson says (pdf) [8/1/07]
June 2007
Johnson praises Senate action on state budget [6/28/07]
Johnson comments on Senate health care proposal [6/25/07]
'No Child Left Behind' law must be overhauled, Johnson says [6/12/07]
May 2007
Johnson looks forward to an elevated debate [5/16/07]
March 2007
Now is the time for meaningful health care reform [3/8/07]
September 2006
Green's education 'plan' is anything but [9/19/06]
WEAC members recommend Governor Jim Doyle [9/16/06]
WEAC leaders left out of "special committee" [9/13/06]
July 2006
National Board Certified Teachers and education leaders will meet for first-of-its-kind policy summit August 7-8 in Sheboygan [7/21/06]
June 2006
Presidents Johnson and Weaver will address NATOW conference June 20 [6/14/06]
State's classroom educators not welcome at education law hearing [6/8/06]
May 2006
Bartol is wrong [5/26/06]
TABOR's defeat is victory for Wisconsin's future [5/5/06]
April 2006
Assembly vote on the TPA: the good, the bad and the ugly [4/28/06]
Doyle comes to the rescue for great schools, Wisconsin's future [4/19/06]
TPA and QEO: Legislators should learn from mistakes instead of repeating them [4/12/06]
February 2006
Survey: Devastation from education caps worsens every year [2/28/06]
WEAC and WASDA release revenue caps survey at February 28 news conference [2/27/06]
Different name, same old TABOR [2/13/06]
December 2005
Sixty-two Wisconsin teachers achieve nation's highest certification [12/01/05]
November 2005
WEAC Communications Director Dick Vander Woude announces his retirement [11/11/05]
Florence wins [11/9/05]
August 2005
State ACT scores hold steady, lose ground to Minnesota [8/17/05]
July 2005
Governor’s vetoes restore state’s promise to great schools [7/25/05]
GOP’s budget is a bleak future and a blank check [7/1/05]
June 2005
Educators/citizens/lobbyists traveling to Madison June 16 [6/15/05]
State and federal lawmakers fail Milwaukee’s schoolchildren [6/14/05]
Republican leadership turns its back on Wisconsin’s children [6/9/05]
February 2005
WEAC members recommend Burmaster [2/11/05]
Governor's budget in step with Wisconsin values [2/8/05]
December 2004
Revenue controls force school districts to cut at heart of education [12/17/04]
Wisconsin teachers achieve nation's highest certification [12/1/04]
November 2004
Survey documents disconnect between parents and schools [11/16/04]
Elections create challenge for officials, voters [11/03/04]
October 2004
Educators see red on October 15 [10/11/04]
Valerie Harper headlines Sun Prairie candidate event [10/11/04]
WEAC executive director accepts national position [10/8/04]
September 2004
Bush misleads Wisconsin [9/24/04]
WEAC launches ad condemning 'interference' in schools [9/20/04]
List is meaningless interference [9/17/04]
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