Now there’s an idea for parents who care about the quality of their children’s education, abandon the public school system! Those schools churn out far too many graduates every year that can read nothing more substantial than a text message, cannot do even the most rudimentary arithmetic without a calculator, have little knowledge of history and couldn’t find Janesville on a world map. All while hearing teachers blame those “know-it-all nagging parents making a teacher's life difficult” after shutting out those parents from any meaningful involvement. Yes, we should abandon the public schools and we should be able to take the money for our children’s education with us to be used as we see fit. Then, either the public schools would address their shortcomings and realize that they exist for the benefit of the students, or cease to exist. Either alternative would be preferable to the status quo which Mr. Evers represents.

tonyevers.com

For those that think that public schools can be great schools and that parents and teachers can work together for solutions that are fair and equitable to all, not just beneficial to those that want to abandon the system, please check out the following website:http://tonyevers.com/default.aspx

Yea!!!! Now let's vote this spring and get her in there and get some things done!!!!

Congratulations Rose Fernandez ! A primary win for parents and taxpayers ! www.changedpi.com

Triskut- Yes, I made a spelling error on a blog. I am sure home-schooled children never make them and are perfect their entire lives.

Fernandez advances to the April 7th general election:
http://blogs.wispolitics.com/election/

"Whoa-I am glad you home school. One less know-it-all nagging parent making a teacher's life difficult. Like any politician Obama says what his constinuents want to hear, but I have yet too see how too fairly judge ALL teachers equally.
If parenthood is a qualification for being superintendent, maybe Bristol Palin should run for office."

"Too see"?
I am one of the "behind homeschool children" and I'm pretty sure that,"too" was grammatically incorrect.

I guess it shows when parents don't "nag" the teachers for a better education.

Compare the candidates...Why Rose Fernandez?
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Unlike her opponents, she’s not part of the education bureaucracy, and she’s the only candidate to quickly, decisively and unequivocally reject calls to ‘rejigger’ the tax system which would result in massive tax hikes. www.changedpi.org

Politics is not like real-life. In order to do well, you have to start small. You do not go from housewife to STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS because you have an opinion and a child. You start off at the school board. Once you can affect change at that level you may have a case that you can affect change at a greater level.

Whoanellie-
If your child is enrolled at IQ Academy (not Academies) in Waukesha, then you are not home schooling, you are schooling at home. There is a difference. The two biggest differences are that you have not filed the PI-1206 form and you have ceded curriculum planning and instruction to a school district. A virtual school is not the same as a home school.
So methinks you should not claim "I know of what I speak and you don't!!"
BTW, in case anyone cares, we have filed out the form and we develop our own curriculum.

When you consider that Tony Evers has been in the number two job at the Dept. of Public Instruction for years, why would anyone believe the WEAC tv commercials that say he's going to do so many great things for education? He's already been in the job and not accomplished any of those things. Vote Rose.

Sounds like a lot of people feel the best way to fix a school is to take away money and the best students.

Whoa-I am glad you home school. One less know-it-all nagging parent making a teacher's life difficult. Like any politician Obama says what his constinuents want to hear, but I have yet too see how too fairly judge ALL teachers equally.
If parenthood is a qualification for being superintendent, maybe Bristol Palin should run for office.

I'm going out to vote for Rose!!!!!

Rose Fernandez received my vote today because:
1. She supports giving parents choices in educating their children - School Choice.
2. She supports Merit Pay for quality teachers.
3. She supports the QEO - the Qualified Economic Offer - a serious friend to tax-strapped taxpayers.
4. She is the only candidate against raising the sales tax as part of a "tax switch" school funding plan.

Don_Diego - I think we can both agree that teachers who merely show up in the classroom shouldn't be paid the same as those who perform when they get there.
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Other states have successful merit pay programs. Most polls in WI show 85% of parents want some type of merit pay. Even President Obama wants to tie teacher raises to student performance !

Especially after having the worst experience in this school district!! I hate how high my taxes are and the school tax is the biggest. And after my experience with this school district I wish I could designate it to another! My daughter is a teacher and I know hwo she struggles in her job, so don't make it sound like i don't know what I'm talking about. I never said teachers were out for themselves, I said the administation downtown are out for themselves! Teachers are vastly under paid and the administration downtown make the big bucks and are out of the loop concerning the kids! The teachers and parents are the ones who do all the work!

dondiego- Guess what?? I do homeschool my kid, they are enrolled in IQ Academies through the Waukesha school system! I know of what I speak and you don't!!

"One of the bizarre things that has happened during my lifetime is that people with no experience are actually presented as better than people with experience."
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Just like Barack Obama.

Whoanellie-Teachers are out for themselves? While I have had bad teachers in my lifetime, I have yet to meet the one that thought that the time off every summer was worth the paycheck. I don't think people teach because they can't do anything else. Check out the stats on new teachers leaving the profession after 2 years. That flies in the face of your argument. Everyone in the district wants to help kids be better. Period. If only every parent wanted their kid to be better.

Whoanellie- If you know what your children need better than teachers, keep them at home and give them the education they deserve. Afterall, nothing is more important than your child's education.
Lovemycountry-Please enlighten us as to how you would judge performance of ALL teachers fairly? Give the kids a test in each subject? If an obese kid can't do 10 pushups then fire the gym teacher? And what about the Spanish teacher? Are you going to give a statewide test to see if the kids are learning the material? How would you account for all the Latinos in the class skewing the scores? Do you have any idea what that would cost? How do you judge the art teacher? Isn't art subjective? Can you imagine the beauacracy we would have to create to implement this? If we were to test the kids on every subject, shouldn't we be testing the parent as to their parenting skills. If the kid is a bad apple, and the apple doesn't fall from the tree, shouldn't we fire the parents? If solutions raise more problems, are they really solutions?

One of the bizarre things that has happened during my lifetime is that people with no experience are actually presented as better than people with experience.

I would think that someone not caught up with the other politicians, especially in the school board, would be a refreshing addition to it! I'm just a mom but I know what my kids need and I feel some of them have lost sight of that. They are mostly out forthemselves and the union! Let's get some fresh people in there who may be about the kids,not the administration downtown!

Compare the candidates...Why Rose?
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Unlike her opponents, she’s not part of the education bureaucracy, and she’s the only candidate to quickly, decisively and unequivocally reject calls to ‘rejigger’ the tax system which would result in massive tax hikes. www.changedpi.org
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She's also for school choice including charter schools. Many who oppose her are for teacher union control, non-performance based teaching and schools, and tax increases.

In fact, all other 4 candidates have SOME experience in education other than just "I am a parent." Heck if that was enough to be state superintendent I guess there are 3 million viable candidates in Wisconsin.

someone remind me what in her experience qualifies her to be superintendent? Has she ever worked in a school? Been a teacher? Been an administartor? Ever done anything that would prove any experience? Here is what she said her qualifications are: http://waunakeetribune.com/main.asp?Sect...

Sarah Palin Jr.?

I'll second that:
Vote Rose Fernandez!

Rose Fernandez, for State Superintendent, is the best choice for parents and taxpayers. Vote Rose !