Edison Project Charter Schools Advance

Contracts for two charter schools in Milwaukee that would be managed by the for-profit Edison Project have been endorsed by a University of Wisconsin Board of Regents committee.

The Education Committee voted to approve proposed contracts for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to oversee two charter schools. The schools would be chartered by non-profit groups which plan to hire the Edison Project to manage day-to-day operations of the schools.

UWM officials asked regents to give them broad control over the agreements with school management firms, including the right to reject contracts.

Posted May 11, 1999