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John Jagler: “The response from the Department of Public Instruction…”

Featuring: John Jagler, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 13

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MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Sen. John Jagler on the "Year of the Kid"

Published | Video Starts at 03:58

And then just the full breakdown of educating these kids. The scores are horrible. And what's the response, Ben? Well, The response from the Department of Public Instruction, rather than trying and encouraging institutional change in Milwaukee, is to lower the scores, to make it look like it's better. It just doesn't. It's hard to get buy in from outstate legislators to say, hey, we really need to focus on X, Y and Z in Milwaukee. (03:58–04:09)

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Asserts that the Department of Public Instruction lowered scores to improve appearances rather than encouraging change.

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