% ...
% >> FOLLOWING PROGRAM PBS
% WISCONSIN ORIGINAL PRODUCTION.
% >> SO TODAY WE ARE EXCITED TO
% ANNOUNCE THAT IN ADDITION TO
% WHAT WE SAID WITH ORIGINAL BILL
% WHICH WAS THE LARGEST INVESTMENT
% IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN STATE
% HISTORY, WE ARE ACTUALLY EVEN
% GOING TO BE BIGGER WITH THE BILL
% WE ANNOUNCED TODAY.
% >> ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS LATEST
% AND LAST ITERATION OF SHARED
% REVENUE PROPOSAL.
% SENATE SAYS NOT SO FAST.
% MEANWHILE FUNDS FOR COUNTY,
% CITIES AND VILLAGES RUNNING DRY.
% I AM FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% TONIGHT ON "HERE & NOW," LATEST
% ON PLANS TO FUND LOCAL
% GOVERNMENTS INCLUDING HOW ONE
% CITY IS MAKING TOUGH CHOICES
% WITHOUT INCREASED FUNDING.
% REVENUE SECRETARY PETER BARKA
% WEIGHS IN HOW THE FEDERAL DEBT
% DILEMMA EFFECTING WISCONSIN.
% DEADLY DRIVING WREAKING HALVE
% OKAY IN WISCONSIN AND GARARADUAN
% RATES FOR WISCONSIN.
% >> FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN.
% ♪
% AT THE CAPITOL THIS WEEK,
% ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS RELEASE
% CHANGES TO SHARED REVENUE BILL
% TO INCREASE FUNDING TO WISCONSIN
% COMMUNITIES.
% WITHIN THEIR PROPOSAL LOCAL
% GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE STATE
% WILL NOW SEE ADDITIONAL
% INCREASES, EXCEPT FOR MILWAUKEE
% WHICH IS TO REMAIN CAPPED AT
% 10%.
% WHAT HASN'T CHANGED IS PROVISION
% ALLOWING MILWAUKEE TO IMPOSE A
% SALES TAX.
% MUST BE APPROVED FROM VOTERS
% THROUGH A COUNTY REV -- NOT LONG
% AFTER MAKING THE STATEMENT
% ASSEMBLY SPEAKER VOSS SAID THEY
% ARE DONE NEGOTIATING.
% >> WE FEEL LIKE THE BILL COMES
% FORWARD IS RESULT OF GOOD FAITH
% NEGOTIATIONS, EVERYBODY HAS TO
% TAKE THEIR OWN POSITION.
% WE ARE DONE NEGOTIATING.
% WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE CHANGES
% AND CHANGE THE BILL
% SUBSTANTIALLY.% WHAT WE HAVE
BEFORE US IS THE
% DEAL WE ARE SENDING TO OUR
% COLLEAGUES.
% >> SPEAKERS COLLEAGUES IN THE
% STATE SENATE WERE NOT HAPPY.
% >> THERE ARE TWO HOUSES IN THE
% STATE LEGISLATURE.
% UNFORTUNATE HE IS DRAWING THE
% LINE IN THE SAND WITH HIS
% VERSION OF THE BILL AND STOP
% NEGOTIATIONS NOT EVERYBODY IS IN
% AGREEMENT.
% WE ARE GOING TO DO OUR DUE
% DILIGENCE.
% IF THE ASSEMBLY REFUSES TO TAKE
% UP THE BILL MAKING CHANGES TO
% MUNICIPALITIES ALL AROUND THE
% STATE, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO
% ANSWER TO HIS CAUCUS AT THAT
% POINT.
% >> AGAIN ASSEMBLY BILL BUMPS UP
% MINIMUM INCREASE IN SHARED
% REVENUE TO 15-%.
% SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER TAKES
% US TO THE CITY OF BROADHEAD IN
% GREEN COUNTY.
% AND 15% DOESN'T SOLVE THE
% PROBLEMS.
% >> MY CAMPAIGN WAS TO DRIVE
% AROUND THE STREETS.
% >> HE LOSS THAT RACE AND SPENT
% MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE LIVING
% OUT OF STATE.
% WHEN HE WON IN 2022 HE HAD A
% PLAN.
% >> I HAVE SEVERAL BUSINESSES.
% I FIGURE I COULD RUN LIKE THAT.
% IT IS NOT CLOSE.
% VERY SLOW.
% >> FIRST THING HE RAN INTO WAS A
% CITY BUDGET STARVED OF INCREASE
% IN SHARED REVENUE FOR A DECADE.
% >> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF OTHER
% THINGS TO CUT.
% >> BROAD HEAD FIRE DISTRICT
% DECIDED TO MOVE FROM VOLUNTEERS
% TO FULL TIME STAFF.
% CITY'S PORTION OF THE INCREASE
% MORE THAN $300,000 A YEAR.
% >> LAST YEAR, WE WERE GOING TO
% HAVE TO CUT $330,000.
% 10% OF THE BUDGET.
% >> INSTEAD, MAJOR JONES SENT
% DISILLUSION LETTER TO BROAD HEAD
% FIRE DISTRICT STARTING PROCESS
% OF BREAKING UP THE FIRE
% DEPARTMENT.
% HE SAYS IT WASN'T JUST
% NEGOTIATING TACTIC.
% >> IF YOU ARE BREAKING EGGS, YOU
% HAVE TO HAVE A BACK UP PLAN.
% WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY VIABLE
% PLAN.
% FIRST THING TO SAY HOW DO WE FIX
% WHAT WE HAVE?
% >> CITY AND RURAL WERE ABLE TO
% NEGOTIATE THE DEAL THAT KEPT
% VOLUNTEERS.
% IT WAS A ONE-YEAR FIX WHILE THE
% CITY OF BROAD HEAD WENT TO
% REFERENDUM TO ASK VOTERS FOR
% EXTRA $400,000 A YEAR.
% >> IF THEY VOTE NO, NEXT YEAR WE
% HAVE TO CUT SOCIAL PROGRAMS.
% THEN WE LOST THE REFERENDUM.
% >> GREAT TO BE HERE IN WISCONSIN
% DELLS TODAY.
% >> JONES KNEW THE STAKES FOR HIS
% CITY WHEN HE TRAVELED TO
% WISCONSIN DELLS AND WAITED SIX
% HOURS TO GET TWO MINUTES TO
% SPEAK BEFORE THE JOINT FINANCE
% COMMITTEE.
% >> I AM MAJOR JOINS FROM CITY OF
% BROAD HEAD.
% I RETIRED 20 YEARS AGO.
% IT DIDN'T FIT.
% >> JONES EXPLAINED WITHOUT AN
% INCREASE IN SHARED REVENUE HE
% WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE TO POOL.
% >> WE HAD A POOL, PARKS AND REC,
% ALL THOSE THINGS.
% LOOKS LIKE MY HOMETOWN IS NO
% LONGER GOING TO HAVE THEM.
% THAT IS HOW DIRE IT IS.
% >> POOL COST ABOUT $80,000 A
% YEAR.
% MOST RECENT VERSION OF THE
% REPUBLICAN PLAN WILL GIVE BROAD
% HEAD EXTRA $109,000 A YEAR.
% >> AT THE VERY LEAST WE CAN
% DELAY THINGS DOWN THE ROAD.
% >> WHILE THE POOL WILL STAY OPEN
% THIS SUMMER.
% JONES KNOWS THIS ISN'T A
% PERMANENT FIX.
% >> IT IS A START.
% THAT IS -- YOU HAVE TO TAKE
% LITTLE VICTORIES.
% >> REPORTING FROM BROAD HEAD, I
% AM ZACH SCHULTZ FOR "HERE & N
% NOW."
% >> LAWMAKERS SCRAMBLING TO MAKE
% DOWN TO A WIRE DEER TO RAISE THE
% DEBT LIMIT.
% WHAT WOULD A NEAR DEFAULT MEAN
% FOR WISCONSIN'S ECONOMY?
% WE TURN TO WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT
% OF REVENUE SECRETARY PETER
% BARKA.%>> WHEN IT COMES TO A
CLOSE OF
% THE U.S. GOVERNMENT GOING INTO
% DEFAULT, DOES REACHING THE EDGE
% DO ITS OWN KIND OF DAMAGE?
% >> CERTAINLY DOES.
% 2011 LAST TIME THEY CAME UP TO
% EDGE OF DEFAULT, UNDER OBAMA
% ADMINISTRATION, AAA TO DOUBLE A
% PLUS NEVER ELEVATED AGAIN.
% IF THEY DO THIS AGAIN VERY WELL
% COULD SEE ANOTHER DOWNGRADE,
% CATASTROPHIC IN MANY WAYS.
% FIRST OF ALL, COST MORE FOR THE
% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BORROW.
% SECONDLY, MARKETS ALWAYS TIP.
% MEANS FOR SENIORS, WHO ARE
% DEPENDING ON 401KS, THEY GET
% WORRIED AND TAKE A DIP.
% BEING CLOSE IS BAD ENOUGH.
% IF THEY DEFAULT, WE ARE TALKING
% ABOUT SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS,
% 16,400 JOBS LOST IN WISCONSIN
% ACCORDING TO LOUISIANA
% ANALYTICS, DECLINE IN PAYROLL.
% WITH HOLDING TAXES GO DOWN,
% CORPORATE TAXES GO DOWN.
% IT WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON
% WISCONSIN AS WELL.
% >> WHERE AND WHY ARE THOSE JOBS
% LOST?%>> WHAT ENDS UP HAPPEN
ING WHEN
% THE MARKETS SUFFER, THAT IS THE
% FIRST STAGE.
% INVESTMENT DOLLARS ALSO START TO
% DRY UP.
% SO BUSINESSES THAT MAYBE WERE
% GOING TO EXPAND OR DEPENDENT ON
% HAVING EXTRA CAPITAL ALL THE
% SUDDEN HAVE TO LAY PEOPLE OFF.
% THAT IS THE OTHER DEVASTATING
% THING.
% EFFECT IS UNEVEN.
% EFFECTS SENIOR CITIZENS
% DEPENDING ON INVESTMENT INCOME.
% YOUNG PEOPLE FIRST ONES TO BE
% LAID OFF.
% IT IS NOT EVEN IN EFFECT THOSE
% PEOPLE ARE MIDDLE INCOME YOU
% KNOW, EDGE OF SOCIETY.
% THEY ALWAYS GET HURT THE WORST.
% >> THEN THERE IS THE SPECIFIC
% VERY INSTANT EFFECT, RIGHT OF
% PEOPLE POTENTIALLY NOT GETTING
% SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS?
% >> OF COURSE.
% THAT IS NOT EVEN LOOKING AT
% THAT.
% IF IN FACT, THEY DO DEFAULT,
% THEN THE TREASURE SECRETARY HAS
% TO START TRIAGING AND MAKING
% DECISIONS IF YOU ARE GETTING
% SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS OUT ON
% TIME.
% WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE ARE JUST
% ABOUT TO QUALIFY FOR MEDICAID OR
% MEDICARE.
% OF COURSE LOTS TO HEAR ABOUT
% VETERANS AND THEIR BENEFITS.
% IT IS AN INCREDIBLE RIPPLE
% EFFECT.
% PART THAT IS SO SAD IT IS SO
% UNNECESSARY.
% THREE TIMES IN THE TRUMP
% ADMINISTRATION THEY DID THIS.
% I THINK OF IT AS A FAMILY.
% WHEN OUR CREDIT CARD BILL IS
% DUE, I AM NOT GOING TO PAY SO I
% PAY INTEREST IN PENALTIES.
% PAY YOUR BILLS WHEN THEY ARE DUE
% AND MAKE DECISIONS BUDGET
% PROCESS, APPROPRIATE SPENDING
% TAX RELIEF.
% ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY THEY
% NEED TO DO THIS AT THIS
% JUNCTURE.
% IT IS AT A VERY PERILOUS TIME.
% FEDS INCREASING INTEREST RATES.
% WE SAW FOR FISCAL BUREAU.
% SLIGHT DIP IN TERMS OF SURPLUS.
% YOU WORRY ABOUT TRAJECTORY.
% >> SO MOODY'S SAYS IT IS NOT
% LIKELY IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
% TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN
% SAYS HOLD ON PEOPLE, JUNE 1 IS
% THE DAY.
% SHE IS SOUNDING THE ALARM ON
% THIS.%>> RIGHT.
% >> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
% >> KNOWING WE DON'T WANT TO GET
% UP AGAINST THAT LAST DAY OR TWO
% IN CASE IT TAKES LONGER TO GET
% THE VOTES OR GOES SOUR.
% WE ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE.
% PLAYING WITH PEOPLE'S LIVES,
% ECONOMY, AND EFFECT ON SO MANY
% FAMILIES, I JUST HOPE TO
% GOODNESS THEY ARE ABLE TO DO
% SOMETHING IN THE NEXT WEEK.
% >> SPEAKING OF MCCARTHY AND HIS
% CAUCUS AND MEMBERS, IS IT WORSE
% NOW, THIS KIND OF UP TO THE
% BRINK?
% >> I THINK IT IS BECAUSE YOU
% KNOW, IN THE PAST, WHETHER
% DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN SPEAK OR
% MAJORITY LEADER IN THE SENATE,
% GENERALLY SPEAKING, MEMBERS
% TRUSTED LEADERS AND VOTE
% ACCORDINGLY TO WHATEVER VOTE IS
% REACHED.%WHEN MCCARTHY AGREED
TO BECOME
% PART OF THE -- HE HAS TO BE ALL
% THE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT DEAL
% HE STRIKES.
% I AM SURE HE MUST HAVE TO BE ON
% THE PHONE CONTINUALLY.
% >> HAVE WE SEEN ANY INDICATION
% YET BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE TO
% THAT JUNE 1 DATE IN MARKETS OR
% ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
% >> OUR ECONOMISTS WATCHING THIS
% CLOSELY.
% WE ARE VERY NERVOUS OURSELVES.
% WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE AT A TIME
% WHEN WISCONSIN HAS NOT BEEN
% STRONG.
% WE DO HAVE AAA BOND RATING.
% LOWER NUMBER OF PEOPLE
% UNEMPLOYMENT EVER.
% GREATEST GROWTHS IN
% MANUFACTURING JOBS.
% LAST THING WE WANT TO SEE.
% [LAUGHTER].%>> PUBLIC SAFETY
NEWS, LAST
% WEEKEND IN MILWAUKEE FIVE KILLED
% INCLUDING A BABY WHEN A DRIVER
% GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR ON A CITY
% STREET RAN A RED LIGHT.
% THE 20 YEAR OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL
% DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE ACCORDING
% TO POLICE.
% RECKLESS DRIVING HAS HAD THE
% ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS.
% 2020 A RECORD 107 PEOPLE DIED.
% LAST WEEK TONY EVRS SIGNED A
% BILL.
% OUR NEXT GUEST WOULD SAY IT IS
% ABOUT TIME.
% TRACEY KNOWN AS MILWAUKEE
% ACTIVIST DIRECTOR OF PEACE FOR
% CHANGE ALLIANCE ACTIVE ON THIS
% FRIGHTENING PROBLEM IN HIS CITY.
% HE JOINS US FROM HIS VEHICLE IN
% MILWAUKEE.
% THANKS FOR DOING SO.
% >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
% >> TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE QUOTED
% AS SAYING PEOPLE WERE TIRED AND
% AFRAID.% WHAT WAS YOUR REAC
TION TO THE
% DEADLY CRASH LAST WEEKEND?
% >> TWO YEARS AGO TIRED AND
% AFRAID, NOW TIRED AND ANGRY.
% THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED
% EVEN A BABY KILLED.
% IT IS DEVASTATING.
% WHOLE CITY IS DEVASTATED.
% WE ARE TIRED AND ANGRY AND IT IS
% TIME FOR ACTION.
% UM, YEAH, THAT IS ALL THE
% EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW.
% FIGHTING BACK BASICALLY.
% >> YOU ARE AN UBER DRIVER.
% YOU DRIVE THE STREETS OF
% MILWAUKEE WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
% >> IT IS LIKE THE INDY 500.
% YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CUT YOU OFF,
% RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
% THEY ARE RECKLESS.
% THEY DON'T HAVE NO SENSE OF
% VALUE OF LIFE.
% COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE YOU KNOW,
% I ALMOST WAS IN A SERIOUS
% ACCIDENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY BLEW
% THROUGH A RED LIGHT, A STOP
% SIGN.
% SOMEBODY ALL THE SUDDEN TRIED TO
% BEAT TRAFFIC AND TURN IN FRONT
% OF US.
% IT IS JUST, IT IS LIKE MAKE PS
% PEOPLE NOT WANT TO DRIVE
% ANYMORE.%YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT
IS SO CRAZY
% OUT HERE.
% >> RECENT STUDIES,
% DISPROPORTIONATELY A PROBLEM IN
% BLACK COMMUNITIES, WHAT IS THAT
% ABOUT?%>> UM, THAT, I MEAN, Y
OU SEE A
% HIGH SENSE OF RECKLESS DRIVE ON
% NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE YOU CAN
% SAY BLACK COMMUNITY, YES.
% ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE
% WE ARE SO RELAXED WHEN IT COMES
% TO UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND THEN
% IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
% WE STAY IN MILWAUKEE SO
% SEGREGATED.
% NORTH SIDE, BLACK COMMUNITY.
% THEY HAVE NO VALUE.
% WE HAVE TO BE MORE TOUGH ON
% CRIME HERE IN MILWAUKEE ON THE
% NORTH SIDE.
% THESE SAME DRIVERS WILL NOT DO
% THIS IN THE SUBURBIAN CITIES.
% THEY WON'T DO IT IN OAK CREEK,
% IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
% THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ZERO
% TOLERANCE.
% WE NEED ZERO TOLERANCE HERE IN
% MILWAUKEE.%>> WHAT IS THE MIN
DSET OF
% DRIVERS WHO ROAR AROUND BEHIND
% THE WHEEL BLOWING RED LIGHTS?
% >> THEY THINK IT IS COOL.
% THEY DO IT.
% SOME RECORD IT AND PUT IT ON
% SOCIAL MEDIA.
% YOU KNOW, FOR VIEWS, FOR LIKES,
% FOR ATTENTION.
% THAT IS THE INTHING.
% THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.
% THEY WANT TO YOU KNOW, JUST
% SPEED.%IT IS LIKE THEY HAVE N
O SENSE OF
% VALUE OF LIFE AND IF THEY DON'T
% CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES, WHY
% SHOULD THEY CARE ABOUT YOURS.
% >> THAT GOES FOR --
% >> GO AHEAD.
% >> HOW DO YOU THINK THE NEW LAW
% INCREASE IN JAIL TIME MIGHT
% CHANGE THIS FOR THE BETTER?
% >> UM, I SUPPORT IT.
% SOME PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NEED
% PIPELINE TO PRISON.
% WE NEED MORE RESOURCES.
% THAT IS TRUE.
% THEY ALSO HAVE TO OWN UP TO
% THEIR ACTIONS.
% RIGHT NOW IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
% THE LAW IS AFRAID TO APPLY TOUGH
% ER PENALTIES ON PEOPLE OF COLOR
% BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED OF SEEING
% PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PRISON, IN
% JAIL.%YOU KNOW.
% WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST
% INCARCERATION RATE IN THE
% COUNTRY SO THEREFORE THEY TRY TO
% BE MORE LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO
% TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
% YOU KNOW.
% BUT NOW IT IS TIME BECAUSE WE
% ARE LOSING PEOPLE.
% IT IS TIME FOR ZERO TOLERANCE.
% I SUPPORT THE JAIL TIME.
% YOU GET THE YOUNGER GENERATION
% FEELS CURRENT LAW IS A JOKE.
% A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR
% TEENAGERS.%IT IS LIKE THEY'LL
GET ARRESTED.
% FEW HOURS LATER BACK OUT AND
% STEALING ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVING
% OFF AGAIN.
% WE NEED TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE
% IN CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
% OAK CREEKS, SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
% ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY WHEN IT
% COMES TO RECKLESS DRIVING.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% TRACEY, WE NEED TO LEAVE IT
% THERE.
% THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
% COMMENT ON THIS.
% STAY SAFE OUT THERE ON THE
% ROADWAYS.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% THANK YOU.
% >>> TURNING TO EDUCATION,
% SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHM CALLED
% DROP OUT EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
% DO'S USED BY WISCONSIN ONLY A
% FEW LIKE IT.
% SYSTEM TRIES TO PREDICT WHETHER
% A STUDENT EXITING MIDDLE SCHOOL
% IS LIKELY TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH
% SCHOOL.
% ACCORDING TO THE REPORT FROM
% MARK UP.%PUBLICATION THAT LOO
KS AT USE OF
% BIG TECH.
% NUMBER OF DATA POINTS, TEST
% SCORES, DISCIPLINARY RECORDS AND
% FAMILY INCOME.
% UNIQUE AND CONTROVERSIAL DATA
% POINT IS RACE.
% DPI SAYS DO'S USES WHAT HAS
% ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE PAST
% WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.
% ALL IN ORDER TO CHANGE COURSE
% AND HELP INSURE STUDENTS
% IDENTIFIED AS AT-RISK DOING IN
% FACT GRADUATE ON TIME BY
% DIRECTING RESOURCES, SUPPORT AND
% INTERVENTIONS TO STUDENTS THAT
% MAY NEED THEM.
% WE TURN TO REPORT'S AUTHOR TODD
% FEATHERS, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
% ME.% >> YOU SEEM TO HAVE UN
COVERED
% PREDICTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL
% GRADUATION MOST OF US HAVE NEVER
% HEARD OF.
% HOW DOES IT WORK?
% >> IT IS A SYSTEM BUILT IN 2012
% TO PREDICT WHETHER STUDENTS WILL
% GRADUATE ON TIME.
% GENERATES PREDICTION EVERY
% STUDENT 6-9TH, MILD, MODERATE OR
% LOW RISK OF DROPPING OUT.
% SUPPOSED TO HELP STOOLS AND
% DIRECT RESOURCES, SUPPORT FOR
% STUDENTS THAT NEED IT MOST.
% WHAT WE FOUND SYSTEM IS WRONG
% NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF THE
% TIME A STUDENT WON'T GRADUATE.
% LACK OF HISPANIC, THAN WHITE
% STUDENTS.
% ON TOP OF THAT, ACADEMIC
% RESEARCH BASED OUT OF UNIVERSITY
% OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY CONDUCTED
% STUDY LARGEST OF ITS KIND ON
% DO'S.%NOT ACHIEVED PRIMARY G
OAL.
% >> SO THIS QUESTION IF IT IS
% WRONG ACCORDING TO YOUR
% REPORTING, THREE QUARTERS OF THE
% TIME, WHY IS THAT?
% >> SO BY SOME STANDARDS, DO'S IS
% VERY ACCURATE.
% IT IS CORRECT 97% OF THE TIME A
% STUDENT WILL GRADUATE.
% WHAT DPI DID IS CALL --
% CALIBRATE IT.
% SO THEY ARE SAYING, WE ARE
% WILLING TO LABEL A LOT OF
% STUDENTS LIKELY NON GRADUATES IN
% ORDER TO CAPTURE ALL OF THE
% ONES.%>> COULD IT BE ERROR A
S A RESULT
% OF RESOURCE AND INPUTS GIVEN TO
% THE STUDENTS THAT MIGHT BE
% PREDICTED NOT TO GRADUATE?
% >> THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS
% UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
% BERKELEY RESEARCHES TESTED FOR.
% THEY WERE GOING TO STUDENTS
% LABELED HIGH RISK, YOU WOULD
% EXPECT TEN YEARS OF DATA FOR
% IMPROVED GRADUATION RATES.
% DATA SHOWED NO IMPACT ON
% GRADUATION RATES AND IDENTIFIED.
% >> TURNING TO ANOTHER DATA POINT
% LOADED INTO THIS ALGORITHM, THAT
% IS RACE.
% SOMETHING YOU CALL IN YOUR
% ARTICLE QUOTE A RACIALLY
% INEQUITABLE ALGORITHM BUILT BY
% THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
% WHAT DID YOU LEARN WHY RACE IS
% USED AS A PREDICTOR?
% >> IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THIS
% ALGORITHM DESIGNED BACK IN 2012.
% WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY HOW WE
% UNDERSTAND ALGORITHMS AND BIASES
% IN THE WAY, THINGS LIKE RACE CAN
% FACTOR INTO THESE PREDICTIONS.
% THIS ALGORITHM HASN'T CHANGED
% MUCH.% BACK AT THAT TIME, E
VEN STILL
% CURRENTLY, RESEARCHERS IN THIS
% FIELD OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS,
% USING DATA POINTS LIKE RACE
% IMPROVES ACCURACY.
% BETTER AT PREDICTING WHO WILL
% AND WON'T GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.
% YOU CAN SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE
% THE CASE.
% WISCONSIN STARK RACIAL
% DISPARITIES, WHITE STUDENTS
% GRADUATING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE
% THAN BLACK STUDENTS.
% GROWING BODY OF RESEARCH AND
% ACADEMIC ARGUMENT SAY A SMALL
% ACCURACY IS NOT ENCODING
% HISTORICAL BIASES.
% >> I WANT TO GET TO SOMETHING
% THE DPI TOLD US, YOU QUOTED A
% SPOKES PERSON SAID EDUCATION
% SYSTEM IS SYSTEMATICALLY RACIST.
% SHE TOLD US, WHEN IT COMES TO
% LABELLING STUDENTS, I AGREE WE
% SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE
% IMPACT THE WORDS HAVE ON OUR
% LEARNERS.%YET INTENTION OF T
HE LABEL IS TO
% PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE
% INTERVENTIONS THESE STUDENTS
% NEED.% I WISH WE DIDN'T NEE
D A LABEL.
% IT IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE
% RESOURCES TO THE LEARNERS THAT
% NEED IT MOST AND SCHOOLS NEED TO
% IDENTIFY FOR THEM.
% HOW DID THE STUDENTS LIKE
% LABELED HIGH-RISK AND RACE WAS
% PUT INTO THE ALGORITHM?
% >> YOU KNOW, FIRST THING NONE OF
% THE STUDENTS SPOKE TO KNEW THE
% ALGORITHM EXISTED OR SCHOOL WAS
% LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION AND
% MAKING DECISIONS HOW THEY TREAT
% THEM.
% SHOCKED A LOT OF THE STUDENTS.
% SHOCKED ME WHEN I FIRST HEARD.
% BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS
% OFTEN FELT LIKE SECONDARY SCHOOL
% SYSTEMS WITHIN THEIR OWN
% SCHOOLS.
% THEY WERE TREATED DIFFERENTLY
% THAN WHITE STUDENTS.
% THEY FEARED HAVING THE BEHIND
% THE SCENES LABELS WOULD
% PERPETUATE KIND OF THE CONSCIOUS
% BIASES.
% YOU CAN IMAGINE FOR INCOMING 9TH
% GRADERS, FIRST THING YOU SEE
% ABOUT A STUDENT I AM MODERATELY
% LOW RISK.
% >> ALL RIGHT.
% TODD FEATHERS, REALLY
% COMPLICATED AND INTERESTING
% REPORTING.
% THANKS VERY MUCH.
% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN.
% >> FOR MORE ON THIS AND OTHER
% ISSUES FACING WISCONSIN VISIT
% PBSWISCONSIN.ORG.%CLICK ON T
HE NEWS TAB.
% JOIN US NEXT WEEK ON WHAT TO
% EXPECT FROM TICKS AND LYME
% DISEASE THIS SEASON.
% THAT IS OUR PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT.
% I AM FREDERICA FREYBERG.
% HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
% ♪