Evers out of touch with Parents and Students?

If you have been following the news lately you know that in a recent memo, State Superintendent Tony Evers urged the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee to restore funding for public schools and work collaboratively to improve the quality of all Milwaukee schools before considering any voucher (parental school choice) expansion, calling voucher expansion “morally wrong.”

Is Evers’ opposition to expanding Wisconsin’s voucher program really an issue founded on moral principles or is he more fearful of losing power and state funding for failing schools?  You will have to decide that for yourself.

School Choice Wisconsin, which supports the voucher program, responded to Evers' memo with one of its own.  For the full JSOnline story read: Evers calls voucher expansion 'morally wrong' in memo

Tomorrow we begin a six-part video series focusing on Milton Friedman’s views on public education.  Here’s Friedman’s view on school choice.  As you may know, Friedman was considered by many as the twentieth century’s most prominent advocate of free markets.

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