Presenter materials and resources.
#WeChoose Equity Keynote presentation by Jitu Brown, Journey for Justice Alliance
- Video: Failing Brown v. Board
- Presentation: #WeChoose Equity
Morning Session (10-11:15 am)
- (A1) School Funding 101: Get the Facts (LMC/1348)
- (A2) Climate Matters: Build School Community (1310)
- (A3) Using Social Media to Celebrate our Public Schools (1365)
- (A4) Following the Money: The Impact of Ongoing Voucher and Charter Expansion (1313)
- (A5) Community Schools: An Equity Strategy for School Success (1315)
- (A6) Addressing Racial Disparities in Education in Wisconsin (1316)
- (A7) Legislative Year in Review: Was 2017-18 a Blue Ribbon Year for Public Education? (1317)
- (A8) Lessons from Arizona: A conversation with Joe Thomas (1080)
- (A9) Public Schools: Cornerstone of Democracy (1371)
- (A10) Education Savings Accounts: The Next Wave of School Vouchers (1307)
- (A11) Wisconsin School Finance Policy and Human Capital (1318)
- (A12) Vote Public: Nonpartisan Advocacy & Elections (1085)
- (A13) All Public School Advocacy is Local (1087)
- (A14) Getting Serious about School Safety: What’s New, What Works, and What’s Next (Auditorium)
AFTERNOON SESSION (B)
1:30 – 2:45 pm
- (B1) School Funding 101: Get the Facts (LM/1348)
- (B2) Speak Your Peace: Advocacy Lessons from the Door County Civility Project (1310)
- (B3) Media & Messaging Pro Tips (1365)
- (B4) Appleton Area School District’s Journey to School Mental Health (1313)
- (B5) The Milwaukee Community Schools Partnership (1315)
- (B6) Bridging Rural and Urban Opportunity Gaps (1316)
- (B7) Historic Cuts or Historic Investments? Trends in Wisconsin School Funding (1317)
- (B8) Who’s Behind School Privatization in Wisconsin? (1080)
- (B9) School Takeover Legislation: What it Means to All of us (1371)
- (B10) A Plan for Referendum Success in Titletown (1307)
- (B11) Representing: Elections, Equity & Education (1318)
- (B12) Urban, Rural, & Suburban Connections (1085)
- (B13) Make It Local! Organizing 101 – How to Unite Your Community for Strong Public Schools (1087)
- (B14) Wisconsin Students Take on School Safety & Gun Violence (Auditorium)
Media and News
- Hoping for more investment in public education, grassroots advocates push to #VotePublic (Appleton Post-Crescent)
- “The school funding formula has been broken forever. It’s time to do more than just shuffle the deck chairs,” [Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers] said, wearing a blue “I (heart) my public school / I vote” T-shirt under his sports coat. “It has to increase opportunities and close gaps for our kids.” Evers vows to restore two-thirds funding to public schools (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
- WSAW tv: State Superintendent Evers asks for additional funding for special education
- Fresh Take with Josh Dukelow broadcast 7/31/18
- Coalition advocates for Public Education (WBAY-TV) 8/1/18
- State Superintendent makes a push for more special education funding in Wisconsin schools (Fox 11 News) 8/1/18
- “If Wisconsin’s urban and rural communities could unite around a shared set of goals to defend public education, and a shared vision for the future, it would be a dramatic rebuff of divide and conquer politics” The Fight for Wisconsin Schools is a Fight for Democracy (The Progessive) 8/3/18
- The Wisconsin Governor’s Race Might Be Decided by Education (The Atlantic) 8/8/1
