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News Reports: Archive

• Take a Hard Look At Bringing School Vouchers to Racine
• MPCP Enrollment Up Over 1,000 Students
• School Safety in Milwaukee
• View the Latest SCW News Brief
• Private Schools Generate Fewer Police Calls
• Reversal of the “Funding Flaw”
• The Fiscal Impact of Ending Choice: September 10 Memo to Rep. Fitzgerald
• "What the Research Says About Parental School Choice"
• School Choice Research Plentiful, High Quality, and Positive
• Milwaukee's Improving Graduation Rates
• Random Assignment School Choice Studies
• School Choice Research: Taxpayer Savings and Parent/Student Satisfaction
• Study: Milwaukee Voucher Students Have Diploma Edge
• School Choice Up Close: Vol. 2
• Get Educated Now

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Accountability | Enrollment Cap | Charter Schools | Impact on Public Schools | Fiscal Impact | Miscellaneous

Accountability

• Response to “After Milwaukee”
• Milwaukee High School Booted From Voucher Program
• 154 Schools Apply for the MPCP
• Milwaukee Legislators Offer Plans to Kill School Choice
• Statement on Senate Bills 486 and 349
• Kessler on Voucher Proposal: "It's pretty dead."
• 'Ho-hum' Says Much About School Choice Foes
• Sen. Plale, Rep. Fields Applaud Department of Public Instruction’s Decision to Deny Schools from Choice Program
• School Choice Accreditation: Research Page
• School Choice Accreditation: First Year Report
• Real Accountability = Consequences
• Listen to Susan Mitchell on Lake Effect
• Ten Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Myths
• Small School Pulled From Voucher Program
• School Loses State Funding Over Bus Crash
• Accident to Hold Up School's Funding
• State Pulls School's Money
• State Yanks School's Voucher Status
• School to be Yanked from City Voucher Program
• 2 More Schools Booted
• Schools Face Deadline for Accreditation Process
• New Report Details School Choice Accountability
• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Examines New MPCP Requirements
• School Choice Accountability: Results from Milwaukee - Research
• Charter School Heads for Closure
• Editorial: Preventing Bad Schools
• Op-Ed: Choice Program Gives Schools Incentives
• Assembly Passes Voucher School Measure
• School Voucher Expansion Passes Committee
• Choice Opponents are Closing Many Schoolhouse Doors
• Editorial: A Study to Fill in the Blanks on Vouchers
• Ex-Principal’s Abuses No Longer an Issue
• Changing City Puts School Choice in New Light
• Vouchers to Continue for 2 Private Schools
• Editorial: Choice Schools Spawn Hope
• Scrutiny Heightens in Voucher Program
• New Report Details School Choice Accountability
• New Milwaukee Accountability Measures Work
• Editorial: Lift the Cap, Governor
• Act 155 Keeps 30 Schools Out of MPCP
• Choice School Rules Tighten
• More Voucher Schools Slated
• Define School Accountability
• Editorial: Voucher Schools Fill Need
• New Report Outlines Extensive Body of School Choice Research
• Editorial: Lift Cap on School Choice Enrollment
• School Choice Gives Parents Power
• Editorial: Success of School Choice Should Not be Stalled
• Widespread Concerns Voiced at DPI Fiscal Rule Hearing
• Editorial: At last, 2 schools flunk out
• Editorial: Keep studying choice
• Editorial: The governor's final choice
• Editorial: Time for Doyle's signature
• 92% of choice schools use standardized tests, report says
• Our view: Study of voucher schools makes sense
• Reaction to Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• What's at Stake: The Impact of Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Choice and Charter Bills
• Local leader calls on Gov. to pass choice bills
• Editorial: Positive Moves on Choice
• Editorial: Beware strategy of `foot-in-door'
• Working group recommends MPCP legislative changes
• DPI wants to police choice schools
• School choice and background checks
• Wisconsin State Journal supports school choice legislation
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial: Doyle should sign study bill
• Key choice provisions heat up state hearings
• Doyle axes 'draconian' GOP education changes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Changes to Choice and Charter Programs; Coalition Responds
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Urges Gov to Not Veto Changes to Choice
• Choice camp tries to fend off veto
• Study of voucher schools may be OK'd
• Journal Sentinel calls for changes to choice/charters
• Study on school choice proposed

Enrollment Cap

• MPCP Continues Steady Growth
• Assembly Republicans Propose Choice Expansions
• School Voucher Use Up More than 3,000 Over Previous Year
• Listen to Susan Mitchell on Lake Effect
• Vouchers to Pass $100 Million Mark
• School Choice Compromise Signed
• Number of Voucher Students is Up but Takes a Dip
• Op-Ed: Choice Program Gives Schools Incentives
• City Schools That Work
• Assembly Passes Voucher School Measure
• School Voucher Deal Passes
• Editorial: A School Choice Victory
• Key Panel Advances School Voucher Deal
• Voucher Deal Advanced by Senate Committee
• School Voucher Expansion Passes Committee
• School Voucher Deal Goes to the Legislature
• Reaction to School Choice Compromise
• DPI Rationing Plan Would Sting Schools
• Deal to Expand School Voucher Program Announced
• ACE Statement on Enrollment Cap Agreement
• Deal Near to Raise Voucher School Cap
• ACE: School Choice Breakthrough
• ACE Announces Ground Campaign to End the Cap
• Sides Still Far Apart on School Voucher Cap
• Editorial: Caps and the Marketplace
• Choice Opponents are Closing Many Schoolhouse Doors
• Editorial: The Education Borg
• 'He's Throwing Away My Dream'
• Editorial: Time Past Due for Accord
• Changing City Puts School Choice in New Light
• Stable Voucher Schools Could Take Biggest Hit, Group Says
• DPI Announces Rationing Plan
• Editorial: Choice Schools Spawn Hope
• Editorial: Giving Families Options
• Enrollment Cap Hits
• Stop Taking New Voucher Students, State Tells Schools
• Editorial: Lift the Cap, Governor
• More Voucher Schools Slated
• Flexibility Likely on Voucher Cap
• Define School Accountability
• Editorial: Voucher Schools Fill Need
• Doyle Vetoes One-Year Reprieve Bill
• Nation's First Urban School Choice Program Turns 15
• 171 Schools Apply for MPCP
• Editorial: Lifting the Cap "the right thing to do"
• Senate Approves Lifting Choice Enrollment Cap
• 2,000 School Choice Advocates Rally at State Capitol
• Senate Set to Vote on Choice Caps; Negotiations Continuing
• Editorial: Lift Cap on School Choice Enrollment
• Editorial: A Reprieve Needed on Caps
• School Choice Gives Parents Power
• Editorial: Success of School Choice Should Not be Stalled
• Committee Again Objects to Proposed Rationing Rules
• Editorial: Time to Scrap the Cap
• Committee Objects to Proposed Rationing Rules
• ACE Campaign Urges Calls to Gov. Doyle to Lift the Cap
• Editorial: Choice oversight
• Administrators, Legislative Council criticize voucher seat plan
• Legislative Council Opinion: DPI lacks authority for its school choice cap plan
• Editorial: Time to deal on education
• Doyle ready to deal on school choice
• Editorial: Voucher cap could hurt
• Gov. Doyle: Lift the Cap
• Editorial: Time for Doyle's signature
• Backing for lifting voucher caps found
• Reaction to Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• What's at Stake: The Impact of Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Choice and Charter Bills
• Parents pull for school vouchers
• Local leader calls on Gov. to pass choice bills
• The choice program's enrollment cap: problems and solutions
• Committee votes to lift enrollment cap for Milwaukee's school choice
• Milwaukee mayoral candidates overwhelmingly support school choice
• Wisconsin State Journal supports school choice legislation
• Key choice provisions heat up state hearings
• Doyle axes 'draconian' GOP education changes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Changes to Choice and Charter Programs; Coalition Responds
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Urges Gov to Not Veto Changes to Choice
• Choice camp tries to fend off veto
• The School Choice Cap: A Train Wreck in the Making
• Budget lifts limits on choice 6/4/03
• Alliance urges Governor to support Choice/Charters
• Choosing Sides: Low-income families vs. WEAC
• Journal Sentinel calls for changes to choice/charters

Charter Schools

• Fair Focuses on Charter Schools
• Independent Charters Boost Reform
• La Casa Charter School Plan Advances
• Charter School Heads for Closure
• Report Lauds City's Charter Schools
• Charter Students Score Better in Math and Reading
• Editorial: Stop the Big City Bashing
• Charter School Students Outperform Peers, Study Says
• Charter advocates refute New York Times story
• Editorial: The governor's final choice
• Editorial: Time for Doyle's signature
• Editorial: Chartering a fresh course
• Bills to Save Students Stuck in Limbo Go to Governor
• Editorial: Helping a Terrific School
• Independent Charter Schools Save Out-State Districts $5.6 Million
• Legislators Respond to Charter School Misinformation
• Charter Schools' Supporters Cry Foul Over State Teachers Union Mailings
• Editorial: Union's Cynical Power Play
• Editorial: WEAC Needs A Math Lesson
• Reaction to Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• What's at Stake: The Impact of Gov. Doyle's Vetoes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Choice and Charter Bills
• Local leader calls on Gov. to pass choice bills
• Doyle axes 'draconian' GOP education changes
• Gov. Doyle Vetoes Changes to Choice and Charter Programs; Coalition Responds
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Urges Gov to Not Veto Changes to Choice
• Racine charter school sues district to compel student busing
• Racine charter school sues district for busing
• Journal Sentinel calls for changes to choice/charters
• Investor calls charter school "best return ever".

Impact on Public Schools

• Improving Educational Outcomes in an Era of Choice
• 'Ho-hum' Says Much About School Choice Foes
• Milwaukee's Public Schools In an Era of Choice
• Vouchers to Pass $100 Million Mark
• Milwaukee Proves School Choice Can Work
• Milwaukee's Public Schools in an Era of Choice
• Define School Accountability
• Editorial: Voucher Schools Fill Need
• Milwaukee's Public Schools in an Era of Choice: A New Report Shows How Public Schools are Responding to School Choice
• Milwaukee Magazine's Claim: "No facts back it up."
• Public, private schools cooperate to give parents options
• Editorial: Keep studying choice
• Vouchers spur lasting achievement gains in MPS schools, study says
• Milwaukee's Public Schools in an Era of Choice: A new report shows how public schools are responding to school choice
• National scholar supports school choice
• Choice Opponent Admits Vouchers forced MPS to Improve
• Wall Street Journal: research supports voucher expansion.
• Washington Post: vouching for Milwaukee and the District
• Reform here to stay at MPS
• New Film Tells Story of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program
• Area schools are building more than just leaders
• MPS Responds to School Competition

Fiscal Impact

• 'Ho-hum' Says Much About School Choice Foes
• Assembly Republicans Propose Choice Expansions
• Editorial: Playing a Losing Hand
• Barrett Pursues More Voucher Funding
• School Choice and Community Renewal: 2007
• Private School Building Boom
• Shift in Voucher Funding Sought
• Sherman Park-Area School Expanding
• Listen to Susan Mitchell on Lake Effect
• Ten Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Myths
• Doyle Wants State to Pay for Added School Choice
• Vouchers to Pass $100 Million Mark
• Milwaukee Proves School Choice Can Work
• School Choice and Community Renewal
• Define School Accountability
• Editorial: Voucher Schools Fill Need
• Editorial: Stop the Big City Bashing
• Fiscal Bureau Report: Ending Choice Will Hike Property Taxes
• Independent Charter Schools Save Out-State Districts $5.6 Million
• Legislators Respond to Charter School Misinformation
• Charter Schools' Supporters Cry Foul Over State Teachers Union Mailings
• AERF Responds to Senator Robert Jauch
• Education reform spurring inner-city economic growth
• For the Record: School Choice Saves Money
• "Schools that Choice Built" reports 99.3 million investment in poorest neighborhoods

Miscellaneous

• Response to “After Milwaukee”
• Updated Study Finds Higher Graduation Rates For Milwaukee Choice Students
• Study Echoes MPS, Voucher Findings
• Wisconsin School Choice Gets an A
• Some Missed Gist of School Choice Report
• Milwaukee Legislators Offer Plans to Kill School Choice
• Schools Ease Transition
• Statement on Senate Bills 486 and 349
• Study Offers Initial Data on Milwaukee Voucher Program
• "Only a "Snapshot""
• Editorial: Touting an Asset
• The War On Choice Malignly Smolders
• The Kessler Plan to Kill School Choice
• Chucking 7,000 Kids Out of School
• Doyle Cancels Voucher Meeting
• School Choice Story Misleads
• Gold Standard Research: Choice Works
• "I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means..."
• Howard Fuller: School Choice Working in Milwaukee, Despite What McNally Thinks
• Study Presented Incomplete Picture
• Smoking Gun?
• Students' Hope Springs Eternal
• Vouchers Popular with Private Schools
• Assembly Republicans Propose Choice Expansions
• Plenty of Demand for Options in Racine
• School Choice Up Close
• Choice Push Has Some Local Schools Smiling
• View the Latest SCW Newsbriefs
• School Voucher Use Up More than 3,000 Over Previous Year
• Kindness Crosses County Line
• School Choice Creeps into Race
• Mailing Misleads About Candidate
• Giving Poor Parents the Same Choices as the Rich
• View E-News Briefs Here
• Sherman Park-Area School Expanding
• School Choice Accreditation: First Year Report
• Ten Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Myths: Research Page
• Listen to Susan Mitchell on Lake Effect
• Ten Milwaukee Parental Choice Program Myths
• ACE Files Response with Elections Board
• 2007-2008 MPCP Income Limits Released
• Vouchers to Pass $100 Million Mark
• Statement on Death of Dr. Milton Friedman
• Report Finds Lower Level of Segregation in the MPCP
• 126 Schools Registered for the MPCP
• New Report Details MPCP Admission Practices
• School Choice Admission Practices - Research
• ACE Press Release: School Choice Discussions
• Milwaukee Proves School Choice Can Work
• Wisconsin State Assembly Passes Autism Scholarship Program
• Editorial: Choice Schools Spawn Hope
• "North Avenue Offers Array of Educational Options"
• More Voucher Schools Slated
• Milwaukee School Choice Movement Mourns Loss of John Walton
• School Near Milwaukee Cannot Join Voucher Program, Court Rules
• Senate Passes Tax Credit Provision in Budget
• Define School Accountability
• Nation's First Urban School Choice Program Turns 15
• 171 Schools Apply for MPCP
• Editorial: Stop the Big City Bashing
• Study Finds Milwaukee Voucher Students Have Higher Graduation Rates than Public School Students
• MPS Teachers Choose Private Schools More Often than General Public
• Milwaukee Magazine's Claim: "No facts back it up."
• Public, private schools cooperate to give parents options
• School knits church into community
• Editorial: Choice: Too little, too late
• Schools clamor for choice vouchers
• Editorial: For Every Milwaukee Child
• Parents tell Milwaukee Dems to support choice or else
• Editorial: City Democrats and choice
• ACE Announces Radio and TV Campaign
• Bill proposes raising MPCP income limits
• New Film Tells Story of Milwaukee Parental Choice Program