Study finds charter schools driven by financial and ideological grounds than by sound educations

Conservatives are all too fond of touting charters schools as an answer to what ails public schools, but according to a report by Gordon Lafer of the Economic Policy Institute, charter schools don’t actually provide higher quality educations to their students but do provide their operators with a financial windfall….

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John Lehman endorses Mary Burke

On Saturday Democratic Lt. Governor candidate John Lehman wrote a column for the Milwaukee Courier outlining his reasons for endorsing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke. Here’s a snippet. It was not too long ago when my plans included retiring home to Racine after a long and fulfilling career as a…

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