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The Future of Education in Milwaukee: One Conversation, Two Points of View, moderated by Alan Borsuk, senior fellow in law and public policy at Marquette Law School. State Rep. Dale Kooyenga, a Republican from Brookfield, and Kim Schroeder, president of the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association, discuss what they see as the best ways to improve educational outcomes for Milwaukee children. Kooyenga is an advocate for charter schools and private school voucher programs and for the Milwaukee Opportunity Schools Partnership Program, which gives the Milwaukee County Executive power to manage selected public schools. Schroeder is a teacher who has been active in the Milwaukee teachers union for years. He became president of the union in 2015. He is an advocate for strengthening public schools and he opposes voucher and independent charter schools.
May 17, 12:15 to 1:15 p.m., Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall. Reserve your complimentary spot.
I think it is… confusing… to have someone from outside Milwaukee making decisions about what is best for us, Milwaukee people – or is it just blind racism? The strangle hold on public education is what destroys our ability to create our own way through. Here as ideology replaces community in education we see economic gain replacing a community’s ability to come together and build the system that is relevant to us. Economics has a role here. We see the disparity in funding from suburban districts and Milwaukee. This is where state intervention will be helpful. I am a person of white and a retired MPS teacher – a third generation public school educator.
I wish I could attend this event but I do grandchild care at that hour of the day.