Gudex Feels the Heat on Voucher Position
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 7, 2013
State Senator Rick Gudex continues to feel the heat from constituents regarding his position on voucher expansion as well as the enormous campaign contributions he received from voucher supporters in last fall’s campaign.
See Fond du Lac Reporter news coverage.
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Vouchers a Boon for Private Schools in Milwaukee, Racine Counties
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 6, 2013
The title of this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article really says it all.
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Respected Journalist Rips Voucher Accountability
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 3, 2013
This news report of Journal Sentinel columnist Alan Borsuk’s comments regarding current voucher accountability measures was overlooked for a few weeks but it is excellent informed commentary on the inadequacy of voucher accountability.
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USDOJ: Voucher Schools Discriminate Against Special Needs Kids
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 3, 2013
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction must do more to ensure students with disabilities are fairly served by private voucher schools, and the agency must ramp up its oversight of voucher schools and their practices of enrolling and serving such children, according to a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division.
The April 9 letter distributed to the public Thursday is seen as vindication for disability rights advocates who have long claimed that the private schools participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program have denied enrollment to children with some special needs, or forced them out of the school as a result of their disability or behavior stemming from it.
“As an agency, we think this letter confirms what we have heard from parents for years: that the choice schools have discriminated against us,” said Lisa Pugh, policy director for Disability Rights Wisconsin.
For the rest of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story see here.
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Voucher Group’s Spending on Gudex Campaign Pays Off
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | May 3, 2013
Daniel Bice from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has written a fascinating article on the link between the American Federation for Children’s huge campaign spending on Senator Rick Gudex’s fall Senate campaign and his recent announcement of support for voucher expansion in Wisconsin.
This would be a great piece to forward to your legislators. Vitally important education policy decisions impacting Wisconsin school children should not be tainted by this enourmous, out-of-state campaign cash.
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