by George Mitchell | Nov 17, 2019 | Features
Add this to the trove of largely unreported news about Milwaukee’s private voucher schools and the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS): In the last three years, the percent of voucher students attending schools ranked highest by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI)...
by Benjamin Yount | Oct 16, 2019 | Features
More students across Wisconsin are leaving traditional public schools. A new enrollment report from the Department of Public Instruction shows almost 44,000 students attend a non-traditional school paid for by public dollars. That’s a nearly nine percent...
by George Mitchell | Sep 15, 2019 | Features
The state released test score data last week for students in public schools and private voucher schools. Here are a few facts readers of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are unfamiliar with: Depending on the type of test, there are 30 different ways to compare public...
by Libby Sobic and Will Flanders | May 1, 2019 | Features, Special to RightWisconsin
While Governor Tony Evers’ proposal to freeze enrollment in the state’s parental school choice programs received significant media attention, other proposals, like changes to private school accreditation, have received little, if any, attention. This is dangerous...
by jameswigderson | Apr 9, 2019 | Features
Online public charter school advocates are joining with private school voucher advocates to oppose Governor Tony Evers’ proposed caps on charter schools and parental choice programs. “We, too, have been the target of arbitrary enrollment caps and heartless...