% WADE.%>> Frederica: THIS WEE
K, THE
% STATE'S SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC
% INSTRUCTION, JILL UNDERLY,
% DELIVERED THE ANNUAL STATE OF
% EDUCATION ADDRESS.
% >> WE CAN FIND INCREDIBLE
% EXAMPLES OF SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL
% LEARNING AND COMMUNITY BUILDING
% INTEGRATED IN OUR CLASSROOMS ALL
% ACROSS WISCONSIN.
% [APPLAUSE]
% AND THAT'S WONDERFUL AND
% ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.
% IT'S ABSOLUTELY STRENGTHENS THE
% EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF OUR
% STUDENTS.
% WE ALSO NEED TO SUPPORT OUR
% STUDENTS EVEN MORE WITH ACCESS
% TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND
% THAT NEED FROM COMMUNITY AND FOR
% COMMUNITY AND FOR MENTAL HEALTH
% SERVICES HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE,
% AND IT'S BECOME EVEN MORE
% APPARENT AND IMPORTANT AS WE
% MOVE THROUGH THE COVID-19
% PANDEMIC.
% IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT CRITICS
% WILL LATCH ON TO TEST SCORES
% WHEN THERE'S SO MANY OTHER
% NEEDS, AND SO MANY OTHER THINGS
% THAT WE SHOULD TAKE PRECEDENCE
% IN A ONCE IN LIFETIME OR ONCE IN
% A CENTURY PANDEMIC.
% THE PAST FEW YEARS WERE
% INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS
% TO LEARN, BUT ALSO TO LIVE AND
% TO THRIVE, AND THE TEST SCORES
% SHOWED US EXACTLY WHAT WE KNEW
% THEY WOULD.
% THAT KIDS, FAMILY, ADULTS,
% REALLY EVERYONE, WAS IMPACTED
% DIFFERENTLY, AND OUR MOST
% VULNERABLE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES
% WERE IMPACTED THE MOST.
% COVID-19 HAS ASKED A LOT OF OUR
% KIDS, AND IT'S ASKED A LOT OF
% OUR EDUCATORS, AND I BELIEVE IN
% THE RESILIENCE OF OUR STUDENTS
% AND OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND I ALSO
% WISH THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE
% RESILIENT.%>> Frederica: THE
CHAIR OF THE
% SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WAS
% QUICK TO CRITICIZE THE ADDRESS
% AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
% SENATOR ALBERTA DARLING, SAID
% THEY REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE
% FAILURE.
% UNDER HER WATCH, TOO MANY
% CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE
% FAILING.%THERE WAS NOT A SING
LE
% ACKNOWLEDGMENT, SHE SAID, THAT
% LESS THAN ONE-THIRD OF STUDENTS