Wisconsin’s private school voucher program, the nation’s
oldest, has the dubious distinction of also being the most heavily regulated,
according to the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. That’s not enough for the
anti-choice Republicans leading the state legislature. They want to extend more
government control into any private schools that offer poor families
opportunities through the state’s voucher program.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Luther Olsen, whose
wife is a public school administrator, has long thwarted school choice. Gov.
Scott Walker had to twist Olsen’s arm to get the state’s tiny new voucher
expansion of 500 students this year. Olsen and Assembly Education Committee
Chairman Steve Kestell this week proposed monitoring Wisconsin private schools
more like government schools, with deeper data collection and testing
requirements. State Sen. Jennifer Shilling, a Democrat, also wants to make
private schools subject to state open records laws, graduation requirements,
and teacher licensing. Teacher licensing demands that teachers financially prop
up politically biased teacher colleges by taking continuing education credits
that decades of research prove do nothing to improve student achievement....ToRead More........
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