Teacher of the Year gives vouchers a failing grade.
The Progressive › Vol. 61 Nbr. 4, April 1997
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Milwaukee, WI - Cover Story
The Milwaukee, WI, experiment in vouchers has spawned several failed private schools, some of which have closed in mid-term. The program does nothing to help solve the nagging problems of city schools: class size, crumbling buildings, and staff retention and training.See the full content of this document
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Teacher of the Year gives vouchers a failing grade.
One recent winter morning, during the worst cold spell of the year, I found some caulk in my basement and took it to school. I teach at La Escuela Fratney in Milwaukee, which was built in 1903. My classroom's third-floor windows are drafty, and on windy days, the kids who sit near the window often wear jackets to keep warm.
On this particular day, the wind chill was minus forty degrees. The big news -- apart from the weather and the Superbowl -- was that a Madison judge had declared the expansion of Milwaukee's school-voucher program unconstitutional. I was relieved by the news. Republicans around the country have been pushing the idea of using publicly funded vouchers to send kids to private school. And Wisconsin has been in the forefront of this effort. Vouchers are a top ...See the full content of this document
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