Wisconsin’s grandparents understand that vouchers don’t work
Grandparents understand the importance of funding public schools, too. Wisconsin is marching inexorably down a path toward two separate publicly funded education systems…
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PolitiFact sorts only some of the “truth” on voucher schools, leaves out key objections to program’s expansion
Back when I used to blog about politics, I was a constant critic of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s PolitiFact operation. Or, as I called…
Read MorePrivate school voucher expansion: A growing taxpayer-funded entitlement
by John Forester Many observers have called Gov.Scott Walker’s proposal to expand private school vouchers bad education policy. I agree. Today I would like…
Read MoreGovernor’s budget starves public schools while choice schools prosper
In an unusual Sunday morning release, Governor Scott Walker unveiled a funding proposal for K-12 public education that will weaken schools and diminish opportunities…
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Primary results are a major win for public education
Tuesday’s Democratic primary election in Milwaukee was a victory for public education. Who lost? Democrats who support vouchers, the Republican Party and Tea Party…
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Democrats should support public education
Removing the Walker regime is within the grasp of Wisconsin voters. Walker’s policies, if allowed to continue, will make pain and suffering the order…
Read MoreThe Milwaukee Parental Choice Program: A Failure
Last week the final reports from the five-year School Choice Demonstration Project, designed to offer some hard data to the nebulous and nettlesome question…
Read MoreAccountability must accompany growth
I have been writing about the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program – known colloquially as the voucher program – for almost as long as I…
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