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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
UW-Madison teaching trends remain steady By Tamar Myers the daily cardinal
Although the University of Wisconsin System has experienced declining enrollment in teaching training programs, UW-Madison strays from the trend, a School of Education official said. According to data outlined in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Monday, the UW System saw a 2.8 percent decrease in teaching program enrllment between 2010 and 2012 and a 6.8 percent decrease from 2008 to 2010. However, School of Education Associate Dean Cheryl HanleyMaxwell said enrollment in programs at UW-Madison has remained steady over time. Certain declines in enrollment, she said, came from the School of Education reducing the number of students admitted to some
teacher training programs. For instance, in response to declining demand for early elementary educators, the school cut admittance each semester in half.
“You’re not going to get paid millions and millions of dollars for something that you’re going to pour your heart and soul into.” Laurel Stokes graduate student UW-Madison
Senior Madeline Crass chose to attend UW-Madison specifically for its strong teaching program. An elementary education major, she said low pay and demands on teachers might make the industry “not as wel-
coming as it used to be.” Laurel Stokes is in the School of Education’s Special Education masters program and echoed Crass’ sentiments, specifically citing an increased emphasis on using test scores to judge teacher’s performance. “You’re not going to get paid millions and millions of dollars for something that you’re going to pour your heart and soul into,” Stokes said. Wisconsin has also experienced a decline in demand for licensed staff including teachers, school librarians and social workers. According to Wisconsin Information System for Education data, from 2010 to 2013 the number of licensed staff employed in Wisconsin fell from 7.7 staff per 100 to 7.5.
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Heritage Farms’ pork production raises questions Fox Heritage Farms, which raises and breeds pigs to use and sell pork to local Madison restaurants, is currently under investigation for the alleged unlicensed practices of pork production for local restaurants. The state-administered investigation began after the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture received an anonymous complaint about owner Dan Fox’s operations. Fox did not have the appropriate licensing to provide other restaurants with his heritage pork, according to Raechelle Cline in the Division of Animal Health and Food Safety for the USDA. “We told him that he needed to cease selling his products to other restaurants until he could get the proper licensing in place,” Cline said. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, Fox was in violation of a state law that requires labels for meat products that signify who the provider is, safe handling instructions and the ingredients the meat contains. Jim Dick, Communications Director for Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection declined to comment
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Chancellor Rebecca Blank says the Vice Chancellor of Research position has too many responsibilities.
Chancellor Blank looks to divide leadership position By Emily Gerber the daily cardinal
Chancellor Rebecca Blank introduced the idea of splitting a Vice Chancellorship into two positions for next year at a University of WisconsinMadison Faculty Senate meeting Monday. Blank announced informally that the current Vice Chancellor of Research and Dean of the Graduate School, Martin Cadwallader, plans on stepping down by the end of next summer. Blank voiced the concern that one individual could not
give adequate attention to both entities in the future. Blank said with the anticipated expansion of research emphasis on campus, including the upcoming launch of “Discovery to Product,” it may be in the university’s best interest to divide the roles. D2P, which is presented in conjunction with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, will serve as a medium for students to pursue entrepreneurial endeavors. “As I look at the Vice
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State Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, co-chairs the Joint Committee on Finance that decided to extend BadgerCare.
State special session extends BadgerCare By Eoin Cottrell the daily cardinal
The Joint Committee on Finance voted Monday on Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to extend the deadline for BadgerCare participants to transition to federal exchanges. After the Obama administration prolonged the federal deadline, Walker announced Nov. 22 he would he like to see Wisconsin postpone its own deadline to align with the federal extension. Walker said the new state deadline would allow those scheduled to move off BadgerCare more time to find new health care plans.
“People [without health care] waiting in an endless line that could fill Lambeau Field and Camp Randall.” Bobby Peterson executive director ABC for Health
Extending BadgerCare would open a health care coverage gap for 80,000 childless young adults waiting for coverage under BadgerCare. In a public hearing Monday, several people defended citizens trapped in the potential health care gap. Helen Dicks, an advocacy director for AARP and Bobby Peterson, the executive director of ABC for Health, testified during the special session that while Wisconsin’s plan was unique because it would eliminate a coverage gap once
implemented, an extension would hurt Wisconsinites who were promised health insurance by Jan. 1. Peterson said in the special session state legislators were playing a “perverse game of trading places,” adding there are “people [without health care] waiting in an endless line that could fill Lambeau Field and Camp Randall.” To prevent 80,000 people from falling into the coverage hole, state Rep. Jon Richards, D-Milwaukee, proposed an amendment that would cover childless adults. State Rep. Cory Mason, D-Racine, pointed out that the extension of BadgerCare and exclusion of childless adults for three months is “not an either or decision.” Mason also said he saw no other reason for Walker not to extend coverage to the 80,000 adults, other than Walker making a strategic political move as a potential presidential candidate. State Sen. Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, said in the special session the decision to not extend coverage to childless adults was a “philosophical one” hinging on the fact that taxpayers’ dollars would be used for “people not working as hard as they could be.” Ultimately, the amendment to cover childless adults failed 3-10. Both Senate and Assembly bills to extend the BadgerCare deadline passed 11-2, keeping current enrollees on through March but leaving 80,000 Wisconsinites without coverage for the next three months.
“…the great state University of Wisconsin should ever encourage that continual and fearless sifting and winnowing by which alone the truth can be found.”