Thursday, March 3, 2011

A tale of two departments...

Wisconsin has a Department of Administration:
16.003 Department of administration. (1) PURPOSE. The department shall carry out the purposes of this chapter by improving the techniques used for such management specialties, not limited by enumeration, as budgeting, accounting, engineering, purchasing, records management and fleet management; by coordinating and providing services which are used by more than one agency, and by reviewing agencies’ programs and management to identify problems and suggest improvements.
And a Department of Instruction under the State Superintendent of Schools whose first responsibility is:

(1) GENERAL SUPERVISION. Ascertain the condition of the public schools, stimulate interest in education and spread as widely as possible a knowledge of the means and methods which may be employed to improve the schools.

Guess which one is to implement Walker's new 3rd grade reading program?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is perhaps the craziest thing I've heard!

Anonymous said...

I also love that he is "requiring" 3rd graders to know how to read, while taking away the tools to teach them to read.

Anonymous said...

Walker should start a new department. May I suggest "Governor's Office Of Nefarious Subordinates," or "THe United Governor's Servents." He seems to want to run Wisconsin with his own GOONS or THUGS.

Anonymous said...

Scott Walker knows first hand how far one can go reading at a third grade level!

Jim Blair said...

Not a big suprise for this Gov-- all a part of the Republican master plan to severely restrict publc education and promote home schooling and charter schools. Next stop-- eliminate DPI just like the Commerce Dept. What a train wreck!