The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has been friendly to school choice experiments, but now has turned cool.
Why?
In this editorial, the newspaper says the evidence DOES NOT SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE.
Governor Scott Walker wants to lift the income limits on the voucher program and expand it beyond Milwaukee, but the newspaper disagrees. It reviews the research and concludes:
“But here’s the bottom line: The evidence isn’t persuasive that the choice schools have had much impact on achievement. Kids in the voucher schools do about the same, overall, as their peers in the public schools.
“And that underwhelming finding surely is not enough to justify a broad expansion that seems based more on ideology than on anything else.”
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Diane,
I met you in Worcester when you spoke at Clark University. The attached article I wrote and you might be interested in it.
Jim
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From: Diane Ravitch’s blog <comment-reply@wordpress.com> Reply-To: Diane Ravitch’s blog <comment+p6kq961q1phv49wgecrmxtb5@comment.wordpress.com> Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:19 PM To: James McDermott <jmcdermott@clarku.edu> Subject: [New post] Good News! Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Opposes Voucher Expansion
dianerav posted: “The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel has been friendly to school choice experiments, but now has turned cool. Why? In this editorial, the newspaper says the evidence DOES NOT SUPPORT SCHOOL CHOICE. Governor Scott Walker wants to lift the income limits on th”
If I may correct the last clause: “. . . that IS based COMPLETELY on ideology than anything else.”
This is Good news. The MJS endorsed Walker in the Recall.
The diocese where I live, and has choosen vouchers, have now increased their cost from $5,000 to $10,000 per student. The factors for this raise are: 1. More special education staff; 2. More assistants; 3. More testing; 4. Associated technology cost.