Colleston Morgan Jr

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Colleston Morgan Jr

@colleston

#girldad x2 w/@klozadamorgan, Exec Director @CityForwardCol, always a Civics teacher, Obamillenial, cheesehead who knows what it means. INTJ/P, heavy on the I.

Milwaukee, WI 가입일 Mayıs 2009

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·2h

This is the way 👇🏿

Jill Barshay@jillbarshay

Spoke with @arneduncan at @aefpweb in Chicago last week on how Democrats lost parents when it comes to education. His take: Covid closures + no clear vision = opening for GOP to tap into fears. His Rx: stand for academic excellence + accountability in school choice.

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Dale Chu@Dale_Chu·20h

“The number one thing that I wish people understood about K-12 education in the United States is that while the N.C.L.B. regime was in place, our schools got better.”

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·1d

Useful data, but a cautionary flag that because of @EdNCES data lags, these are 2023 numbers — meaning they don’t reflect @milwaukeemps’ subsequent 2nd referendum and 30% property tax hike. Which makes MPS being in the 89th percentile of mid-large districts even more notable…

Quinton Klabon@GhaleonQ

🚨NEW 2023 NATIONAL SCHOOL SPENDING DATA🚨 🎉🥳🎉 523 districts over 15,000 students Wisconsin rank/percentile: Racine: 25th/95th Milwaukee: 56th/89th Madison: 58th/89th Green Bay: 62nd/88th Kenosha: 154th/70th Appleton: 178th/66th (pictured: top 50 districts over 25,000 kids)

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Here’s more of our take on what’s needed, from my regular segment on @620wtmj with @KristinBrey and @StephenScaffid1

620 WTMJ@620wtmj

“This funding system is broken.” @colleston of City Forward Collective old @StephenScaffid1 and @KristinBrey what lawmakers need to fix in Wisconsin education. Hear more on Point Taken!

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Pretty good primer on school funding from @MollyBeck in today’s JS, but would add: 1) voter backlash to property taxes is at least partially tied to statewide student performance stagnating — & continuing to crater in MKE and at @milwaukeemps during this time period

Journal Sentinel@journalsentinel

Voters more concerned with property taxes than school funding, poll shows jsonline.com/story/news/pol…

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WI’s school funding system is broken. It was built 30 years ago to fund districts & hold down property taxes — it’s now failing at both jobs. As demographics shift, a system only built to get bigger is ill-equipped for enrollment declines & parental choice. We need new tools.

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2) Dan walks up to the critical driver here — declining enrollment — but doesn’t address districts’ failure to rightsize in response to them. We @cfc_mke have pointed out the most egregious issues at MPS — 30% fewer kids, yet no action at all — but it’s a broader challenge.

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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias·1d

A wide range of stakeholders found the No Child Left Behind era accountability measures annoying, but results continually got better for students at all levels while they were in place and things have gotten worse since they went away. slowboring.com/p/ed-tech-is-n…

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Wisconsin’s students & schools need a better approach — one that fairly funds all our students, rather than prioritizing systems & the status quo. More on our take @cfc_mke from my recent segment on @620wtmj:

620 WTMJ@620wtmj

“This funding system is broken.” @colleston of City Forward Collective old @StephenScaffid1 and @KristinBrey what lawmakers need to fix in Wisconsin education. Hear more on Point Taken!

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Among the broken parts of WI’s byzantine school funding system, the school levy tax credit is an area of cross-partisan disdain. Public school advocates dislike that it’s not “spendable”. Fiscal conservatives dislike how it incents districts to spend more. They’re both right!

Patrick McIlheran@PaddyMacMke

Wisconsin's school levy tax credit is supposed to soften the blow of school spending. But it rewards school districts that increase spending faster than average -- at the expense of taxpayers in districts that restrain their spending. Oops. badgerinstitute.org/school-levy-ta…

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·2d

As I said with @KristinBrey @StephenScaffid1 on @620wtmj last week, WI’s school funding formula is broken. We desperately need a student-centered overhaul. But, blind ideology = bad policy & worse politics. Dems must do better.

620 WTMJ@620wtmj

“This funding system is broken.” @colleston of City Forward Collective old @StephenScaffid1 and @KristinBrey what lawmakers need to fix in Wisconsin education. Hear more on Point Taken!

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And, as we noted in the @cfc_mke Friday News Brief, the proposal would have the most inequitable impact in MKE, where 48% of publicly-funded students would be excluded. @StateRepHong, @RepGreta & the other Dems pushing this need to realize - this is bad for kids & bad politics.

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Here’s @SenChrisLarson bragging about a @WIAssemblyDems bill that excludes >100k kids — or about 1 in 8(!) WI students. AB 1176’s “automatic increase for voucher schools” provision also hits: -rural public schools sharing special ed services, & -public school open enrollment

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·3d

The Q is: who’s best to fix this, and how will we ensure ALL students are at the center of the solution — not protecting systems, sectors, or special interests. Because the status quo - academically & financially, is failing far too many of our state’s students.

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·3d

As I shared with @StephenScaffid1 @KristinBrey on @620wtmj earlier this week, we know WI’s school funding system is broken — for students, for schools, and for hardworking families and taxpayers.

620 WTMJ@620wtmj

“This funding system is broken.” @colleston of City Forward Collective old @StephenScaffid1 and @KristinBrey what lawmakers need to fix in Wisconsin education. Hear more on Point Taken!

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1) Sincerely, good that we’re no longer saying “test scores don’t matter” 2) Also sincerely, funding does matter — it’s why unequal $ for 1/2 of MKE students has been a core issue for us @cfc_mke 3) as @MilwaukeeMPS & others have shown, more $ w/o accountability = same results

Fund Wisconsin Public Schools@FundWISchools

Reading and math proficiency rates have plummeted in the last 25 years, and WI lawmakers’ inaction on addressing the public school funding crisis has contributed to this decline. Learn more about the new lawsuit to change that: fundwipublicschools.org/case

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·4d

Broadly I'm not a fan of class-size mandates, but in @milwaukeemps' case this could make some sense. Get the right, qualified people in the right places -- and stop misallocating teachers into half-empty buildings. Rightsizing is still needed, but this is part of that process.

Quinton Klabon@GhaleonQ

milwaukeepublicschools.org/about/news/det…

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·4d

@fordm10 @RepRobynVining @WIAssemblyDems .@fordm10 Here's the draft as circulating for cosponsorship, and a screenshot of the LRB's description of the problematic portion of the bill text. In addition to 48% of MKE students, it also cuts out open enrollment and some special ed students: drive.google.com/file/d/1tktBiT…

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Michael Ford@fordm10·4d

@colleston @RepRobynVining @WIAssemblyDems Do you know there the full proposal can be viewed?

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Colleston Morgan Jr@colleston·5d

Add @RepRobynVining to the list of @WIAssemblyDems putting special interest group ideologies over MKE’s students. LRB-6488 defunds half of MKE’s kids - who already face a $200M+ unfair funding gap. It’s irresponsible & unfair. Do better, Dems - by ALL our students & schools.

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Fordham Institute@educationgadfly·5d

Public school systems may be government institutions. But individual schools? They often function as some of the strongest civil society institutions we have left. @MichaelPetrilli 👇 fordhaminstitute.org/national/comme…

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@EdNCES @MilwaukeeMPS @620wtmj @KristinBrey @StephenScaffid1 @MollyBeck @cfc_mke @StateRepHong