Will Wisconsin get a waiver on education standards?
Source: spooneradvocate Posted By: Benny Penito..5378 days ago
Wisconsin teachers witnessed a major change in state education policy when the Democratic-controlled Legislature agreed to repeal QEO (Qualified Economic Offer) provision that allowed school districts to impose on teachers a 3.8 percent contract settlement that included salary and benefits.
The QEO repeal atoned for the 1998 imposition of wage and benefit controls on teachers engineered by former Gov. Tommy Thompson, a bitter rival of the state’s teachers’ union, the Wisconsin Education Association....