Judicial Race Draws Attention: Result Could Decide Future of School Choice in WisconsinJudicial elections are usually ho-hum affairs, but this year national eyes are focused on Wisconsin, where the future of school choice could be determined by the winner of a contested seat on the state Supreme...
Reports that Wisconsin governor Tommy G. Thompson has signed the United States' first law allowing poor people to use public funds to choose religious schools for their children. Law as a means to improve school performance; Requirements for eligibility.EBSCO_AspNational Catholic Reporter...
Supports `Milwaukee Choice,' a controversial school choice program in Wisconsin that gives parents state-funded vouchers to send their children to private schools. Benefits of the voucher program for black students; How it will work; Future implications of the program, sponsored by state senator Po...
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Wisconsin’s school choice programs are on the ballot April 4. That will come as news to parents of the approximate 50,000 students who are enrolled in those programs. However, the threat posed by the Supreme Court candidacy of Janet Protasiewicz is real. ...
a Urban Studies Doctoral Program, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAMichaela Urban Studies Doctoral Program, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USATaylor & Francis GroupJournal of School ChoiceFord, Michael. 2011. "School Exits in the Milwaukee Parental ...
At the school level, 2,101 of the state’s public schools and 376 choice schools received report cards, with 1,781 — roughly 85% of schools — meeting, exceeding, or significantly exceeding expectations. The average score for a Wisconsin school is 70.9, ...
This "social justice" rhetoric was the mantra of the school-choice movement when Wisconsin enacted the Milwaukee voucher program in 1990; it has been the reigning justification ever since.This approach helps explain why choice advocates — inclined to approach choice-based reform not as a ...
When former New York City School Chancellor Joseph Fernandez initiated a citywide choice plan in 1992, he undertook a school reform of potentially great significance. He not only advocated greater freedom of choice for families, but implicitly called for the redesign of urban public education. Underl...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Wisconsin parents who wanted to challenge a school district's guidance for supporting transgender students.