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riversedge

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Thu Feb 12, 2015, 12:30 PM Feb 2015

AP Former Wisconsin teacher of the year slams Walker in an open letter.

Of course the actual Appleton-Fox Cites newspaper Headline is more mild:

But AP did pick it up--Hoping for more National press--and vetting!


Post-Crescent Media ?@PostCrescent 2m2 minutes ago

Former Wisconsin teacher of the year slams Walker in an open letter. http://post.cr/1Cj1bNw #wiright #wiunion


State teacher of the year calls out Walker


http://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/politics/2015/02/12/wisconsin-teacher-of-the-year-calls-out-scott-walker/23287427/?hootPostID=2fc8140fe006824e753afd6fe0233082

Associated Press 9:20 a.m. CST February 12, 2015
Scott Walker

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MADISON — A former Wisconsin teacher of the year slams likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker in an open letter, saying he's misrepresenting the facts when telling an anecdote about a laid-off teacher.

Claudia Klein Felske posted Monday on Marquette University's College of Education blog that she was "surprised" and "bewildered" to hear Wisconsin's Republican governor tell Iowa conservatives last month the story of how the 2010 teacher of the year had lost her job.

BLOG POST: Claudia Klein Felske's open letter

Felske was the 2010 high school teacher of the year and was not laid off..............

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