A Balanced Look at The Impact of Wisconsin's Act 10

 

Have you noticed that FranklinNOW and a number of its sister-suburban NOW publications are running what we consider to be a series of hit pieces on Governor Walker’s Act 10 legislation?  The timing of this series is certainly interesting.

Here is what we found by NOW reporters and one FranklinNOW blogger on this divisive issue, followed by articles with a different perspective from those found in FranklinNOW, etc.:

• Act 10 effects being felt one year in
• Act 10 has little impact in Whitnall so far
• Act 10 not making major classroom waves in Oak Creek-Franklin, Greendale (FranklinNOW)
• Our Educators Deserve Better (Oak CreekNOW blog--Perspectives in Progress)
• Act 10 effects vary in the North Shore
• Act 10 has few immediate effects in classroom
• Act 10's effect is in the eye of the beholder in Muskego, New Berlin
• In Wauwatosa, all's quiet when it comes to Act 10
• On a scale of 1 to Act 10

Opposing Viewpoints:

• THE BAD OLD DAYS OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING (EAG)
• Impact of an act: New report finds big benefits in WI’s Act 10 (WisconsinReporter.com)
• The impact of Act 10 on public sector compensation in Wisconsin (American Enterprise Institute)
• NEA to "Reorganize" Amid Unprecedented Membership Losses, Budget Shortfalls (Education Intelligence Agency)