Green Bay Advocates 4 Public Education

09/26/2026

09/25/2026

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Why we shouldn't be paying for vouchers for private schools.

When you hear comparisons between public schools and voucher schools, what costs are actually being counted—and which ones are ignored? 🤔

Claims about voucher schools being “more cost‑effective” often leave out the full picture. This week’s Setting the Record Straight post takes a closer look at the very different cost structures public schools are required to carry—and why comparisons without context miss the mark. Read claim #1 to get the facts. 👇
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09/25/2026

MADISON, WI – State Representative Angelina Cruz released the following statement in response to State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly’s 2026 State of Education Address: “Dr. Underly laid it out clearly: We have a constitutional duty to fund public education, and...

09/25/2026

🚨🎒Don't miss this training!🎒🚨

✊🍎📚Protect Public Schools.✊🤝🗳Protect Democracy.

👩‍🏫 Strategize on election defense challenges and how to safely take nonviolent action

🤝🏼 Create a local solidarity network to share information and be ready to activate to protect and defend our democracy

🏫 Understand what these threats mean to public education and how we can protect our students and our communities to ensure everyone has the freedom to thrive in safe and welcoming public schools.

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09/25/2026

We're standing with our partners against the harmful constitutional amendment on the November ballot. Join us and ! 👉 read the full letter at wisdc.org

09/25/2026

Underly called on the state Legislature to change the way Wisconsin schools are funded and called on Wisconsinites to choose leaders who will “protect public education and invest in the next generation.”

09/21/2026

School closures often mean kids have to travel further distances to get to school and face larger class sizes when they get there. It’s time for the legislature to adequately fund Wisconsin public schools and make sure all students, regardless of where they live, are prepared for the future.

Join our effort if you agree: https://www.fundwipublicschools.org/join

09/21/2026

SCHOOLS HAVE SOME ENORMOUS PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW. SOMEHOW, THEY STILL FIND TIME TO WORRY ABOUT THE TINIEST ONES.

A teacher is managing a classroom full of students with different needs, abilities and behaviors. They're trying to close learning gaps, keep students engaged, deal with disruptions, contact families, grade work, plan lessons and somehow make sure everyone gets what they need.

But somebody walks into the room and notices something else.

The learning objective isn't displayed correctly.

A piece of paperwork hasn't been submitted yet.

The classroom display hasn't been updated.

The teacher isn't following some minor procedure exactly as written.

Or perhaps they're wearing something that technically doesn't meet the dress code.

And suddenly THAT becomes the issue requiring attention.

Meanwhile, there are schools dealing with serious staff shortages. Teachers are exhausted. Behavior can consume enormous amounts of instructional time. Chronic absenteeism means some students aren't even consistently in the room to learn. Academic gaps can stretch across years.

Those aren't small problems.

They're the problems that actually determine whether schools can function and whether students can learn.

Yet sometimes it feels like the easiest things to monitor receive the most immediate attention.

You can check a dress code.

You can check whether something is written on a board.

You can check whether a document arrived by a deadline.

It's much harder to fix a classroom where learning is constantly interrupted, retain good teachers who are considering leaving, improve attendance or give overwhelmed staff the support they actually need.

But difficult problems don't become less important simply because they're difficult to solve.

Standards matter. Expectations matter. Schools need procedures and teachers, like everyone else, should be accountable for doing their jobs properly.

But accountability should have some sense of proportion.

If a teacher is prepared, students are learning, the classroom is functioning and the job is getting done, should leadership really be spending its limited time searching for minor imperfections?

Because every minute spent policing something that barely affects learning is a minute that could have been spent addressing something that does.

Schools constantly tell teachers to prioritize.

Maybe the system needs to ask itself the same question:

Are we putting our energy into what is easiest to police, or what actually matters most?

09/21/2026

“Secular” gets thrown around like it means something hostile to faith.

It doesn’t.

Think about it. Our courts are secular. Our police departments are secular. Our public libraries are secular. Even our post offices are secular.

🚫That doesn’t make them anti-Christian or anti-religion. It simply means they aren’t specifically religious institutions.

The same principle applies to public education. 👏

You can value faith, practice a religion, and respect the beliefs of others while supporting secular public schools.

Secular isn’t a bad word.