Jeff Kuhner is communications director for the Fordham Foundation in Washington, D.C. He discusses with Jane Hampden the foundation’s new study called The Proficiency Illusion, which finds Wisconsin education standards for to be among the lowest in the nation.
Tony Evers is deputy superintendent of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. He responds to the findings of the Fordham Foundation study.
State Representative Jon Richards (D-Milwaukee) and state Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa) introduced legislation designed to protect Wisconsin homeowners affected by the downturn in the housing market and sub-prime lending practices. They discuss their “Homeowner Protection Act” with Jane Hampden. The measure has bi-partisan support in the state legislature.
Lake Effect contributor Paul Kosidowski lives in Shorewood; he’s a freelance art critic and writer. He joins Bonnie North on Fridays to discuss arts and entertainment events in the Milwaukee region.
Seventy-three year old Ervin Wheelock of Milwaukee was born in Oneida, Wisconsin. His daughter, Terryl Wheelock, interviews her father in the StoryCorps booth, at the Milwaukee Public Library. The booth is open through January.
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