An advocacy group of Black leaders is opposing the Madison School District’s $350 million ask of taxpayers this fall, arguing the proposals are under-developed and the district hasn’t done enough to support African American children to get their endorsement on the two November ballot referendums.
In a statement sent to some media members Tuesday, Blacks for Political and Social Action of Dane County said it’s concerned with the progress on closing wide racial achievement gaps; the cost of the referendums could be burdensome on fixed-income residents; and educational priorities in the COVID-19 pandemic have shifted since the referendums were first proposed more than a year ago.
“We have not been presented with evidence that links additional public expenditures with increasing the academic performance of African American students,” the organization said in the statement. “More of the same for African American students is unacceptable.”
I’d go one step further… we have not been presented with evidence that links additional public expenditures with increasing academic performance for any students.
Try school choice.
Escape from the Marxist hell of Madison public schools.
It’s nice to see that selling the sad-faced, “It’s for the children!” no longer fools all of the people all of the time. Still entirely too many (yes, you Republican suburbanites with the short attention spans), but not everyone.