Holy Crap- there goes teacher education in Wisconsin!

[lutefisk]

Anyone with a bachelor's degree could be hired and licensed to teach English, math, social studies or science in Wisconsin under a provision slipped into the state budget proposal by a Republican lawmaker last week.

And any person with relevant experience — even a high school dropout — could be licensed to teach in any other non-core academic subject in middle and high school, according to the provision that critics say would dramatically lower Wisconsin's teaching standards.

The teacher certification provision was approved as part of a package of K-12 budget items by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee last week in a 1:30 a.m. vote, but it was backed by Rep. Mary Czaja (R-Irma). She said she pursued the measure to help rural schools find and retain qualified teachers in hard-to-fill subjects.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story

[HassleCat]

1. As usual, too far

We can always rely on the Republicans to take a good idea and stretch it into absurdity. It would be fine to bring in various non-credentialed people to teach specialized subjects, but with some kind of oversight to make sure they stick to the curriculum. It's fine to let bachelor's degree teachers into the system, as long as they complete a master's degree within a certain period. That's the way it used to be in Wisconsin, and I had several fine teachers who were working on their advanced degrees. Obviously, the Republicans just want to weaken the teachers' union.

[kimbutgar]

2. If I had school age children I would move to another state where there is sanity

Dumb down the citizens so you to control them though Koch propaganda.

These re thugs are really evil cretins.

[world wide wally]

5. If anyone had a brain, they would move to another state!...

…and NOT Texas!

[lutefisk]

6. Another generation and we might not have the "brains" to do that...nt

[Jackpine Radical]

3. If ya want to olve a teacher shortage, why not just

increase the pay scale? How 'bout letting them work off their school debts by teaching in underserved rural areas? (Not, mind you, that they should have any school debts in the first place.)

Oh, no, that would cost money. Instead, you turn a bunch of no doubt well-meaning but hopelessly underqualified people loose on our kids.

In my day, teachers had to know something about learning & instructional theory, human physical & psychological development, childhood psychopathology, etc. in addition to their subject areas. And the younger the kids are, the mre you need to know about kids & the less important the subject areas become.

[world wide wally]

4. He's prepping teachers for minimum wage salaries

[Still In Wisconsin]

16. That's what I think it is.

When Edu-Corp (TM) assumes control of public ed in Wisconsin, they can maximize shareholder profits by paying their "teachers" minimum wage.

[lutefisk]

7. Here's a link to the Joint Finance Committee’s K-12 Omnibus motion

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Page 15 details how one half of a student's high school courses could be replaced by "demonstrating competencies" or a "portfolio".

Pages 25-27 detail the plans for teacher licensing changes.

http://pb.dpi.wi.gov/sites/default/files/imce/pb/pdf/Motion%20457%20Rep%20Ed%20Omnibus.pdf

[yourout]

8. This isn't an assault on education....it's a Blitzkrieg. Do as much damage as possible in as short..

a time as you can before the people rise up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg

[Still In Wisconsin]

15. I agree. It's the fire-bombing of Dresden. I know the Allies did that but it's the best analogy I

can think of. It's as though they are just flying over every public educational institution and carpet bombing it.

[Goblinmonger]

9. So those of us with education degrees and

degrees in the discipline we teach will now also have to teach these idiots how too teach. Awesome.

All I need to finish my application for my Minnesota teaching license is my fingerprint card. Time to get out of this state because it only looks like it's going to get worse. The Mississippi of the north.

[midnight]

10. Republican budget measure could allow high school drop-outs to teach our kids

http://political-heat.blogspot.com/2015/05/republican-budget-measure-could-allow.html

[lutefisk]

11. If that's the Republican answer to better schools and teachers...

...then they clearly do not care about better schools and teachers. They never did. It's about undermining public schools and doing as they're told in the organized corporate takeover of education.

[Scuba]

12. Bingo!

[a kennedy]

13. WTH has happend to my birth State.....

I weep for my beloved birth State. It'll take decades to fix what's been done.

[Still In Wisconsin]

14. We're busy committing ritual suicide as a state...

one election at a time.