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Posted by Kevin Fischer on March 26, 2010

Here are the topics the panel discusses Friday night on InterCHANGE at 6:30 on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10 with a re-broadcast Sunday morning at 11: 00:


1 – MPS.


Wisconsin African-American 4^th graders have the lowest reading scores in the entire country.  Arkansas is the only place in the country where African-American 8^th graders have lower reading scores.  What is Wisconsin doing wrong?  What are all the other states doing right?  Can this all be blamed on the Milwaukee Public School System?  Does this show that No Child Left Behind is not working, or was not properly funded?  Can this all be blamed on urban poverty and the unique challenges it presents?  Can this be blamed on bad teachers or a teachers union that is too powerful?  If the problem is really the fault of MPS, why can’t MPS be changed?  Why didn’t the mayoral takeover proposal succeed, even after it was “reportedly” supported by the mayor, the governor, and the president?  What do we do now?  What do we try that hasn’t been tried before?  Can it get any worse?


2 – POPE.


When you thought the whole Catholic Church Priest Abuse story couldn’t get any worse, there are now reports that may link the current pope to the story.  Will these allegations cause even more problems for the church?  Will the church survive?  What if the effort to conceal the problem wasn’t just in the local dioceses, but extended up the highest levels at the Vatican?  


3 – OBAMA HEALTH CARE.


What happens now?  Is everything that really matters already said and done?  Will Obama-Care ever be repealed?  Will it hurt or help the Democratic lawmakers who championed it?  Has the health-care landscape in America changed for at least a generation?


Rick Horowitz, we are told in his closing presentation, "will be talking about the poor treatment some members of Congress who voted for Obama-Care are getting."

Really?

Another two minutes on InterCHANGE of uncontested liberal commentary. Now there's fairness and balance.

Will my colleague Rick even mention this?

Put your money on....NO.