At issue is the fact that while Walker proposed defunding the Common Core-aligned Smarter Balanced exam in his budget, the new “Badger Exam” that replaces it will also be aligned with the controversial standards, making it unlikely that many local school districts would opt for non-Common Core standards.
Walker, a likely 2016 contender, has recently affirmed what has been true of Wisconsin school districts all along – that they can choose their own standards. To his credit, he has also proposed defunding the Smarter Balanced test, a product of one of the federally funded, interstate Common Core test consortia. Grassroots parents groups, however, say Walker’s proposed new state exam – called the “Badger Exam,” is also aligned with the Common Core standards.
Breitbart News was able to contact the FEC Wednesday morning and get some clarification of why its online database shows a listing for Scott Walker.
Scott Walker is a common name. We can’t confirm that the Wisconsin Governor filed this paperwork. But we do know that at least one man named “Scott Walker” will bid to be your next president.
Carly for America is calling out a Democrat for a “war on women” since he called GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina “Cruella de Vil.”
The sobering reality that further entanglement with the Common Core standards and tests could come along with school vouchers is underscored by the fact that Common Core champions Bill Gates, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Jeb Bush are all major supporters as well of school voucher programs and charter schools.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came out fighting for school vouchers Monday at a national conference of education reform advocates, where Walker said vouchers are a “moral and economic imperative.”
Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 Republican contender, said he will not be able to go toe-to-toe with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in terms of financial resources in a hypothetical contest between the two for the Republican nomination. But he says that won’t matter, if he’s got “a good message and a good strategy.”
A Wisconsin woman traveling on a Southwest Airlines flight to Milwaukee says that flight attendants forced her to turn her phone off and wouldn’t let her try to stop her husband who was threatening suicide just as the plane was about to take off.
An Amtrak train car caught fire in Milwaukee Thursday afternoon, sending passengers scrambling and bringing firefighters to bear.
Now that the final fate of this whole investigation is being decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, it sounds an awful lot like Chisholm and Schmitz are trying to goad Walker into unsealing information the court might rule was gathered improperly, or at least score a few last points against Walker by making him look furtive by refusing to play their game.
Wisconsin center Frank Kaminsky says he’s “over” vanquished opponent Andrew Harrison calling him the n-word.
The voter ID argument is over. and conservatives won. All that remains is to square away a few details, and ensure each new state law meets the standards approved by the Supreme Court in a landmark Indiana case.
Conservative leaders are frustrated with Gov. Scott Walker’s lack of commitment to full repeal of the Common Core standards. Here’s a full review of his tenure, and the steps he’s taken during those years.
From the Chippewa Herald: CHARLESTON, S.C. — Wrapping up the first of what are sure to be multiple trips to South Carolina this year, Gov. Scott Walker said he hasn’t heard the call to run for president yet, “but there’s
On Wednesday, members of a Wisconsin group backed by the National Education Association (NEA) were caught on video toting a hateful banner charging that “all cops are bastards” at a protest in Madison.
During the midterm elections, conservatives ushered in a new crop of Republican representatives, senators, governors, and state legislators. Most of the winners promised to cut the size and scope of government. While we still have many obstacles on the federal level, there are real examples on the state level of cutting government waste.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speak at the Western Conservative Summit in June in Denver, along with a number of other 2016 presidential contenders.
Right-to-work legislation speeds toward Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s desk, and reporters don’t have much to say about that.
The son of Wisconsin’s governor says the Left is afraid of his father, because Scott Walker has been able to reform some liberal strongholds.
A right-to-work bill making its way through the Wisconsin legislature could be ready for Gov. Scott Walker’s signature next month.
The Wall Street Journal reports that Wisconsin Republicans plan to move forward with right-to-work legislation, and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is now on record saying he’ll sign the legislation should it pass.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) may be preparing for a 2016 presidential run, but he has yet to come out strongly against the Common Core standards and the federal overreach they represent.
Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker has beaten the state’s unions three times in elections, recalls, and more elections. But the union thugs aren’t done attacking yet. They are now going so far as to harass Governor Walker’s elderly parents by unloading a bus of union toughs to protest outside the home in which they live.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has been hounded by not one, but two open-ended “John Doe” probes of his campaign finances, which invited criticisms of politically-motivated abuse by Democrat officials as they ground pointlessly along for years. The first of those investigations went
