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Brittany Kinser: “In 2023, that's when I registered [as a lobbyist].”

Featuring: Brittany Kinser, Candidate for Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction

Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent

Published March 26, 2025 | Video Starts at 31:58

And then one other thing. It stays up there on the. I don't know the website, the lobbyist Ethics commission, the ethics commission. But it's up there that In 2023, that's when I registered [as a lobbyist]. It doesn't go down. So I just want to make sure that's clear. That's just how they run it. Okay, so your opponent has also hit you for lacking certain licenses to practice in Wisconsin. (31:58–32:03)

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“In Milwaukee, we have the worst results for our black children. We only have 5% of our black children reading well enough to be able to go…”
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“Superintendent Underlea had lowered the benchmark for what it means to be reading proficiently in Wisconsin and not to be aligned with the…”
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“Milwaukee Public Schools gets a lot of money per child right now. It's one of the top in the nation.”
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“Almost half of our children in Milwaukee use [the voucher program].”
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“Many teacher colleges, majority do not teach our teachers how to teach using the science of reading.”
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“The [school funding] formula is 30 years old.”
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“95% of children can learn how to read well enough to go to college and have a career as long as they receive phonics in the early grades.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 04:18-04:30
“Only 3 out of 10 children are reading well enough to go to college and have a career.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:14-08:19
“You all are lowering the benchmark to make it look like more children are reading well enough.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:19-08:26
“Some kids who are now who would have been eligible for tutoring are not going to be eligible.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 08:52-08:57
“We spend billions of dollars on education in this state.”
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“95% of our children will be prepared to read well enough to be successful in our world.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 12:00-12:09
“I also support school choice.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 12:08-12:11
“Act 11 boosted the funding for all public schools.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 16:14-16:18
“Governor Evers wants to take [special education funding] to 60%. And so do you agree with that number, by the way? That to take it to 60%…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 16:14-41:11
“Act 11 was a very large boost for the next 400 years.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 16:20-16:24
“We have lead poisoning [in Milwaukee Public Schools].”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 17:18-17:22
“5% of black children reading only reading well enough.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 18:19-18:23
“Schools are asked to be the mental health providers.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 20:56-21:00
“The system, governance, and leadership are the biggest issues [in Milwaukee Public Schools].”
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“The state could take over Milwaukee Public Schools if things don't turn around.”
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“Special education is significantly underfunded.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 21:58-22:02
“I have agreed to be a leader in [modernizing the funding formula], to work with the legislature and the governor's office.”
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“Funding In Florida, Washington, D.C. and Colorado, they all have similar models that we could look to.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 23:37-23:46
“Everyone's going to referendum. So that's why I said we need to modernize it.”
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“People are feeling the burden of their tax. Taxes going up.”
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“The voucher program has been on for 30 years.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 30:09-30:13
“I am not currently a lobbyist.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 31:09-31:12
“I was a registered lobbyist when I was working for City Forward Collective.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 31:11-31:16
“You don't need a teacher's license or an administrator's license [to run for state superintendent].”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 32:23-32:34
“I had my license when I was a principal here and then it expired, I guess this past summer.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 33:33-33:40
“Parents are allowed to homeschool their children.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 34:17-34:20
“We need to make sure that we get all that money that's promised to us to ensure our children who are in special education.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 37:14-37:22
“Making sure the nation's report card is still in place and being funded is also very important.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 37:53-38:00
“If they're cutting the research, I think research is very important. So I would say we would need to fund research.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 38:23-38:32
“I was told that the money would be going through other departments, and I've been reading about that too, that that money is not going to go…”
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“I talked to superintendents across the state. They said even if we get 45%, that would be a huge jump. So we need to have an increase.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 41:05-41:12
“I've been told that we'll still get that funding. We have to have that funding. I will advocate for that 100%.”
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“I promise to be a leader in modernizing the funding formula.”
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“Some school districts, like Milwaukee public schools, gets a lot of money per kid.”
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“Southern states are outperforming us [Wisconsin].”
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“We need to make sure that our forward exam is aligned to our nation's report card.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 47:58-48:03
“That information [on reading scores] is available on DPI's website.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 48:06-48:09
“Our first two years we were using phonics in the science of reading. We got away from that and you could see the results for students went…”
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“I've met with superintendents across the state and this was my second time with Jeff.”
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“It's really important to me that all of our children are getting the best education possible.”
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“We know from research that as long as a child has a caring adult, it's in their life, who shows up for them and loves them that they'll be…”
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“When I first opened my school here, parental power, parent power is one of the pillars.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 51:47-51:54
“I had done over a hundred home visits of our families, and our teachers had done home visits of 300 students.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 52:21-52:29
“We ended up getting to 85% attendance.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 53:02-53:05
“I think that's a local control issue, I would say.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 54:19-54:24
“DEI is something that is for local control.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 54:42-54:48
“I would love that to be a whole focus of Milwaukee, all. Everyone leaning in and supporting because our kids deserve it.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Brittany Kinser, Candidate for State Superintendent | Uploaded March 26, 2025 | 55:21-55:32
“Hopefully the mayor will have, you know, have a good relationship [with the superintendent].”
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