The ballot measure, which would have led to a new state agency with its own state school superintendent appointed by the governor, failed by a 3 - to - 2 margin. (governing.com)
According to a statement from state schools Superintendent Tony Evers, Green Bay property taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars to pay for the new voucher program. (host.madison.com)
While addressing a group of state schools superintendents in 2013, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan described opposition to the Common Core State Standards as driven by «white suburban moms» whose primary concern was that «their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought.» (edweek.org)