In this space two weeks ago, I offered some thoughts on what has been learned in the quarter-century since Milwaukee became the first American city where publicly funded vouchers paid for educating children in private schools.
But there’s so much more to say, especially in the light of the prospect — I’d even say likelihood — of large growth in coming years in the still-young statewide voucher program.
So let’s pose a few questions that you might want to remember in 2017, 2019, or 2021, when new state budgets take shape.
Who’s going to use vouchers statewide, part one.Will it be predominantly kids who would otherwise be going to private schools? Or will there be a lot of students who otherwise would be going to public schools?
Either answer carries major implications. Making a complex picture probably a bit oversimplified, think of it this way: