Education reform is not a new or foreign trend in Wisconsin. The state was a school choice pioneer and one of the first to embrace charter schools in the early 1990s. Though major reform efforts have been on the back burner in recent years, topics like value-added analysis and teacher evaluation have kept education on the front page in the Badger State. On February 14, 2011, newly elected governor Scott Walker unveiled the major components of his 2011-13 state budget. Most notably, he introduced a plan to address what his administration projected would be a $3.6 billion deficit by limiting collective bargaining for certain public-sector employees through the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, known as Act 10. Within days, a storm of protest settled over the state capitol, one that reverberates still through the building's marble halls.