One month into the new school year, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction has a new budget proposal on the table, state academic standards have been challenged, and school violence is in the headlines. Talk education issues, after four, when Ben Merens welcomes State Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth Burmaster. www.dpi.state.wi.us

With violence and casualties rising sharply in Iraq, Ben Merens and his guest, after five, discuss a possible three-way partition of Iraq and policy changes that might result from the study group headed by former Secretary of State James Baker. Guest: Hussein Ibish, (IB-ish) exectutive director, Foundation for Arab-American Leadership. www.halafoundation.org