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Wisconsin Students With Disabilities Often Denied Public School Options

June 2, 2023

Wisconsin lets public schools reject applications of students with disabilities who seek transfers across district lines — a form of exclusion courts have upheld. By Mario Koran Wisconsin … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Beth Wisniewski, Disability Discrimination, Mario Koran, Penfield Montessori Academy, School Choice

Federal, state law permit disability discrimination in Wisconsin voucher schools

May 27, 2023

The state Department of Public Instruction says it has no legal authority to force private taxpayer-funded schools to accommodate students with disabilities By Phoebe Petrovic Wisconsin … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Disability Discrimination, Disability Rghts Wisconsin, Phoebe Petrovic, School Choice

False Choice: Wisconsin Taxpayers Support Schools That Can Discriminate

May 12, 2023

Dozens of voucher schools have policies that allow them to exclude LGBTQ+ students or those with disabilities. In many cases, it’s legal. By Phoebe Petrovic Wisconsin Watch In 2022, the two … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gender Equality, LGBTQ+ Equality, Phoebe Petrovic, School Choice, School Discrimination, Title IX

Todd Wehr Malaika Early Learning Center to Add Grades 2-3 by 2019

April 9, 2016

By Mrinal Gokhale The Todd Wehr Malaika Early Learning Center has officially expanded to include first, second and third grade by 2019. A ribbon cutting ceremony took place on April 6 at 9:45 … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Malaika Early Learning Center, Mrinal Gokhale, School Choice, Tamara Johnson

Remembering Annette Polly Williams

November 15, 2014

By Eelisa Jones There are some of us who are lucky enough to have met at least one person in our lives who has answered the question of how to improve the lives of those around us with a … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Annette Polly Williams, Eelisa Jones, Obituaries, Robert Bell Photography, School Choice

Milwaukee School Choice Final Evaluation to be released Feb. 27

February 25, 2012

The School Choice Demonstration Project invites you to a presentation Monday, Feb. 27 in Milwaukee during which the final reports on the Milwaukee School Choice Evaluation Project will be … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Italian Community Center, Presentations, School Choice, School Choice Demonstration Project

Howard Fuller honored with John T. Walton Champions for School Choice Award

May 19, 2011

Dr. Howard Fuller—the pioneer education reformer and one of the nation’s most distinguished advocates for providing children from low-income families with educational options—was honored with the John … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Awards, Howard Fuller, John T Walton, School Choice

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