School Choice Library

	Archived Current Developments Accountability | Enrollment Cap | Charter Schools | Impact on Public Schools | Fiscal Impact | Miscellaneous Accountability Harambee Community School’s Loss of MPCP Funding Demonstrates The Strong Impact of MPCP Accreditation Requirements School Choice Study Results Show Reason for Optimism State Tells Five Voucher Schools to Get Funds In Order School Choice: A Net Plus for Milwaukee, Wisconsin 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 Back to top Enrollment Cap School Choice Improvements and Expansion Pass Joint Committee on Finance 2010-2011 MPCP Enrollment Numbers Released The MPCP Continues to Grow MPCP Enrollment Up Over 1,000 Students 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 Back to top Charter Schools Scientist Sets Tone for School 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". Back to top Impact on Public Schools Reversal of the “Funding Flaw” The Fiscal Impact of Ending Choice: September 10 Memo to Rep. Fitzgerald 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 Back to top Fiscal Impact Fairness Is In The Eye Of The Beholder Eliminating Milwaukee Choice Programs Would Cost Wisconsin Millions Reversal of the “Funding Flaw” '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 Back to top Miscellaneous DPI Bulletin on Student Fees Offer School Choice to All City Children Implementation Information Schools Registered to Participate in the MPCP in 2010-2011 Graduation Rates for Choice and Public School Students in Milwaukee, 2003-2008 2010-2011 Program Testing Requirements HOPE Christian Schools building $3.27 million K-8 school Wall Street Journal: "School Reforms on the Brink" Swimming in English, he triumphs Eastbrook Reaches for the Top "Another unheralded bomb in the budget" Open Letter From Messmer President Brother Bob to Schools in the MPCP Proudly Pro-Choice on Education School Choice: A Net Plus for Milwaukee, Wisconsin State Budget Bill and the MPCP Take a Hard Look At Bringing School Vouchers to Racine Accountability Measures Stop Payments to Two Schools A Mission the State Can't Do School Safety in Milwaukee View the Latest SCW News Brief Private Schools Generate Fewer Police Calls Response to “After Milwaukee” Random Assignment School Choice Studies 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: Vol. 3 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 Back to top view School Choice Wisconsin research & reports