Tag: Charter Schools

I know this may be nitpicky and maybe taken out of context…but during the recent hearing to determine whether or not to renew the charter of Kathryn T. Daniels Preparatory Academy, Milwaukee Public School Superintendent Darienne Driver added this to the discussion: Driver said Thursday that the district has an…

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….

Here’s yet another example of why Republican efforts to increase the number of charter schools in Wisconsin are such a horrible horrible horrible idea. LifeSkills Academy in Milwaukee also had troubles. Save for one child who met the state benchmark one year in reading, no students could read or do…

“Will the Legislature allow statewide expansion of charter schools and how will that affect my local public school?” This question is one I hear so often particularly in communities where people are worried about the future of their small local schools. Last fall, the Senate Education Committee debated Senate Bill…

One of the non-budget items that has been included in the 2014-2015 Wisconsin state budget, would allow the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee to charter an independent school in Wauwatosa as part of UWM’s innovation park. Actually the provision is even broader than that but Wauwatosa is the first community…