Education News Archive 1999 - 2000
August 2000
Wisconsin
students record nation's highest ACT scores for eighth year in a row [8/17/00]
Henry
Winkler cancels as keynote speaker at the 2000 WEAC Convention, October
25-27 in Madison [8/17/00]
Commission calls for strengthening arts education [8/10/00]
Milwaukee
voucher program overpays tuition; Taxpayers 'subsidize a subsidy' [8/9/00]
Butera,
two retired WEAC members, discuss issues with key GOP lawmakers at NEA
Policy Forum in Philadelphia [8/4/00]
WEAC,
NEA reach out to delegates at Republican national convention [7/31/00]
Supreme
Court's school finance ruling sends mixed message [7/11/00]
NEA's
annual meeting concludes with action on teacher quality, compensation,
and standards [7/10/00]
Marchers from throughout the state bring their message to the State Capitol:
School district revenue controls have got to go! [6/29/00]
12 from state nominated for presidential awards in math and science teaching
[6/24/00]
Wisconsin
students again score well above students nationally in every grade and
subject on standardized tests [6/14/00]
Public
schools increasing fees to balance budgets, Journal Sentinel reports [6/11/00]
Mark
Riccobono named director of new center for the blind [6/5/00]
MTEA
President Paulette Copeland says resources and time are keys to success
of Neighborhood Schools plan [5/30/00]
State
Supreme Court agrees to rule on constitutionality of pension improvement
law [5/26/00]
Educators,
parents, citizens protest proposed budget cuts for Milwaukee Public Schools
[5/26/00]
Monona
Grove teachers reach tentative agreement with school board [5/23/00]
Milwaukee
private school voucher program to expand again in 2000-01 [5/16/00]
Beaver
Dam's Teri Dary is Wisconsin's 2000 Christa McAuliffe Fellowship winner
[5/16/00]
Districts
battle over limited grant money for alternative education [5/15/00]
Teachers
urge Congress to pass common-sense gun laws [5/9/00]
Cost
to modernize schools put at $5.7 billion in Wisconsin, $322 billion nationwide
[5/3/00]
State
Supreme Court mulls whether to take up challenge to pension law [5/3/00]
WEAC
Board approves Legislative Agenda for 2001-2002 [5/3/00]
National
Teacher Day is celebrated May 9 [5/3/00]
WEAC
Representative Assembly meets May 5-7 [5/3/00]
Sun
Prairie is playing the revenue control blues but fighting to maintain
great schools [4/28/00]
Monona
Grove teachers protest stalled negotiations [4/18/00]
100
teachers win Kohl Fellowships for 2000 [4/14/00]
WEAC
legislative priorities fared well in legislative session [4/13/00]
Sykes
defeats Butler in Supreme Court race [4/5/00]
Great
Schools advertising campaign begins in April [3/22/00]
Revenue
controls overwhelm Menasha schools [3/22/00]
Educators
plan 2nd walk to the Capitol to protest revenue controls [3/22/00]
Kohl
introduces Public Education Reinvestment, Reinvention & Responsiblity
Act [3/22/00]
Benson
announces he won't seek third term as state superintendent [3/16/00]
Judge
rules Florida's voucher program is unconstitutional [3/14/00]
Take
charge of your classroom, Harry K. Wong tells 500 educators at IPD / QuEST
Conference [3/13/00]
State
graduation rate rises to 89.8% for 1998-99; dropout rate falls to 2.33%
[3/10/00]
More
than 1,000 enthusiastic SAGE supporters pack Milwaukee conference [3/7/00]
Dr.
Seuss, celebrities make Read Across America day fun and educational [3/2/00]
Increased role of minorities
will strengthen WEAC, Butera and Craney say [2/28/00]
Put
schools ahead of prisons, Butler says [2/28/00]
Milwaukee
students do well compared to students in similar cities, study finds [2/24/00]
WEAC
recommends Butler for State Supreme Court [2/24/00]
Coalition
requests increased funding for special education [2/23/00]
NEA
vice president urges educators to 'be the disciples' in advocating for
kids [2/22/00]
Carlos
Santana helps NEA boost minority teacher recruitment [2/21/00]
New
teacher licensing rules clear legislative review process [2/18/00]
WEAC
becomes defendant in pension lawsuit [2/18/00]
Green
Bay voters approve third largest school construction referendum in state's
history [2/16/00]
Don
Cameron to retire as NEA executive director [2/9/00]
Finance
system and revenue controls put schools 'in great peril,' WEAC argues
before Supreme Court [2/8/00]
Monona
Grove contract dispute heads to mediation [2/7/00]
Sue Ann Thompson helps promote
Read Across America [2/4/00]
Lack of uniform testing prevents
assessment of voucher program [2/2/00]
SAGE report links smaller class
size to higher student achievement [1/31/00]
NEA
President Chase praises Clinton's education initiatives; urges Congress
to 'seize the day' [1/27/00]
Governor's
teacher pay plan is recognition that teachers are underpaid, Craney says
[1/27/00]
Revenue
controls blamed for severe disrepair of school buildings [1/24/00]
Some
QEO rules are "irrational and unreasonable," WEAC states in papers submitted
as part of lawsuit [1/24/00]
OnWEAC
wins national honor [1/15/00]
NEA
launches Safe Schools Now Network [1/15/00]
WEAC
announces plans for major conference on SAGE class-size reduction program
[1/14/00]
Education
Week report cites large teacher pay gap [1/13/00]
Superintendent
Benson, NEA's Chase blast 'shoddy' Fordham Foundation report [1/9/00]
State
Supreme Court blocks immediate implementation of pension improvement law
[1/3/00]
Federal
court rules Cleveland voucher program is unconstitutional [12/20/99]
Wisconsin
teachers have lost ground to inflation, new study finds [12/17/99]
1999
pension bill signed into law, but legal challenge is expected [12/16/99]
Teacher
license changes supported in River Falls [12/15/99]
Japanese
educators visit WEAC [12/7/99]
Wisconsin
schools again rank among best in nation [12/3/99]
Norquist asks Supreme Court
to overturn school finance system [12/3/99]
Thompson
aide confirms governor will sign pension bill [12/2/99]
Sen.
Ellis unveils plan to overhaul state's school finance system [12/2/99]
Craney
testifies in favor of new rules on teacher licensing [12/1/99]
OnWEAC
wins Spectrum Award for fourth year in a row [11/24/99]
Gov.
Thompson attributes budget success to 'focusing on issues we can agree
on rather than issues that divide us.' [11/22/99]
Chvala,
Jensen, Thompson say budget may set a new pattern for the future [11/22/99]
Eight
Wisconsin teachers earn national certification [11/22/99]
NEA
gives mixed reviews to 106th Congress [11/22/99]
Raise
teacher compensation along with standards, Sen. Robert Jauch says [11/19/99]
NEA
President Bob Chase lashes out at '20/20' report on teachers [11/19/99]
Most
Americans don't understand vouchers, according to survey [11/19/99]
Teacher
license changes enhance quality, WEAC Vice President Johnson testifies
[11/17/99]
Milwaukee
voucher school ordered shut down for serious safety violations [11/15/99]
Madison
voters approve three major referendum questions [11/10/99]
NEA
President Chase criticizes court decision in Cleveland voucher case [11/8/99]
Build
community support for issues, then bargain them, Butera advises negotiators
[11/6/99]
Loyal,
Waukesha, Manitowoc bargainers win awards [11/6/99]
New teacher licensure rules sent to Legislature; Administrators, school
boards join WEAC in supporting them [11/2/99]
Friendship
and tolerance are essential for America's success in the 21st century,
Morris Dees says at Education Issues Breakfast [10/29/99]
Inadequate funding of education is destructive trend, Coretta Scott King
says in Convention speech [10/28/99]
Great
schools and quality education are priceless, WEAC President Terry Craney
says in Convention speech [10/28/99]
Governor
signs budget that increases SAGE funds, modifies revenue controls and
QEO [10/27/99]
WEAC
awards recognize excellence in education, reporting, public relations
[10/25/99]
Will
new pension law create a teacher shortage? [10/25/99]
Revenue
controls identified as 'destructive educational policy' at Phillips forum
[10/22/99]
NEA
Vice President Reg Weaver promotes '14-carat gold education' [10/22/99]
State
budget passes; increases SAGE funding, modifies revenue caps, QEO [10/6/99]
Retirement
bill passes Legislature; provides significant pension hikes [10/5/99]
Wisconsin
eighth graders rank fourth in nation on NAEP writing exams [10/1/99]
NEA
President Chase praises work on Education Summit [10/1/99]
Student
fees burden families; Revenue controls blamed for increases [9/28/99]
Great
Schools could have major national impact, NEA President Bob Chase says
[9/25/99]
Great
Schools will create 'new climate of support' for schools, Craney says
[9/24/99]
Commercialism
in schools on the rise, study finds [9/24/99]
Study
says state schools are behind in technology; Craney blames revenue controls
[9/23/99]
Wisconsin's
four Teachers of the Year named for 2000 [9/10/99]
Alternative
education, police liaisons are part of safe school recommendations [9/9/99]
Americans
willing to pay for improving schools, according to new survey [9/7/99]
Wisconsin
students again score among the nation's best on the SAT [8/31/99]
Revenue
control reality sets in as schools reopen to staff and program cuts
[8/29/99]
School
for blind opens, but future is in doubt [8/27/99]
WEAC
wins five awards at editors' conference [8/27/99]
State
students do well on 1999 standardized tests [8/27/99]
Court
halts Cleveland voucher program; NEA hails decision [8/25/99]
WEAC
brief challenges constitutionality of school finance system [8/23/99]
Investigators
find Milwaukee voucher schools violating law [8/23/99]
Wisconsin
students score No. 1 in the nation on ACT for seventh consecutive year
[8/17/99]
12
state teachers to be recognized as nominees for Presidential Teaching
Awards [8/13/99]
NEA
President Bob Chase to speak at All Officers Meeting [8/11/99]
Coretta
Scott King highlights 1999 WEAC Convention in Milwaukee [8/10/99]