Expand parental choice and allow more students to attend the school of their choice? Or abolish school choice and force all children to attend the local public school? Read More Wisconsin Must Advance School Choice
MacIver News Service – Legislators are used to getting grilled by reporters. When the Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families held an event, they had to answer to some very tough critics. Read More Schoolchildren Question Legislators
MacIver Perspective by James Wigderson – In an interview on Friday, Rick Nettesheim, the principal at the online charter school eAchieve in the Waukesha school district, said because of the unique nature of online schools, the drop-out rate as measured now unfairly punishes the wrong schools. Read More School Report Cards Unfairly Judge Virtual Schools When It Comes to Dropouts
The data are in for the latest version of the MacIver Institute’s Student Census, and the number of pupils that exercise school choice in Wisconsin has grown for the third straight year. More than one in four (27 percent) Wisconsin students exercised their right to choose the school that fits them the best in the 2012-2013 school year. In Milwaukee, that number grew to four out of five students thanks to the state’s largest voucher program and a strong system of charter schools. Read More Wisconsin Student Census: School Choice Participation Sets New Record
MacIver News Service – About a hundred virtual charter school students and their families were in Madison on Tuesday for their annual Capitol day. A panel of four lawmakers held a town hall, answering any and every question the students threw their way. The Wisconsin Coalition of Virtual School Families represents about 5,000 students across the state. Read More Virtual Charter School Students Question Lawmakers