Green Unveils Education Plan

Brace Yourselves! Mark Green has a plan for improving education in Wisconsin.
From his press release:

“I believe Wisconsin’s kids deserve nothing less than the world’s best education,” Green said. “While we’ve always had good schools, I want make them even better, and we have to address those who are being left behind. To do that, we must break down the barriers to increasing student achievement and improving academic excellence. I think we should pay teachers more for doing a good job – not simply for how long they’ve been on the job. I also want to expand innovations in education including choice and charter schools, and direct more of our education dollars to the classroom. We need to remove every and any obstacle standing in the way of preparing our children to succeed.”

And this about the 70% Slogan to which I have already blogged:

Another major tenant of Green’s education reform plan included a proposal to ensure 70 cents of every dollar spent on K-12 education is used for “instruction” and “instruction-related” activities. According to the most recent National Center for Education Statistics data, that would translate to a $295 million increase for classroom “instruction” and “instruction-related” expenses without raising taxes

Read Green's Plan here.
Governor Doyle's response here.
Wisconsin Education Association's response here.