Milwaukee Teachers Union, via Debbie Kuether:
Fascinating maps of referendum results! Support for the referendum was moderately correlated with race (won in most majorty white wards) but even more strongly correlated with (not) having kids. In wards where 20% or less of residents have children, the referendum overwhelmingly passed with ~2/3 of the vote. Wards where more than 40% have kids? Lost by nearly 5 points.
In other words, the referendum was most popular in the parts of the city with the fewest children, and in the parts of the city with the most white, affluent residents.
I know most here are happy about the referendum-I myself voted “yes.” Regardless, these figures do say a lot – and if you’re not thinking long and hard about the implications and the work/listening we have to do going forward to best serve our Milwaukee community…l’d ask yourself why that is.
Referendum vote by the share of households wit lose size corresponds to the number of votes cast.
It’s official! Milwaukee Public Schools has become 1 of the highest-funded big districts in America!
This is a chance to make MPS as good as our kids deserve.
On balance, the MPS referendum won wards with few children and lost wards with lots of children. Yes, you read that right.
Sen. Larson leaves out a key out key point that makes his message misleading: school districts also get local funding. This takes the per pupil amount above the average voucher ($10,573) in every district. Below is the pupil spending in all districts. All are above voucher.