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Resources on Private School Vouchers

Background on the
private school voucher issue

WEAC position on private school vouchers and enrollment cap (January 2006)

Great Schools Issue Paper

School Vouchers: The Emerging Track Record

Anatomy of a Movement: Wisconsin Vouchers and the Bradley Foundation

New York Times questions U.S. Supreme Court's voucher decision

Vouchers: Where's the public accountability? An editorial by Barbara Miner, managing editor, Rethinking Schools

Voucher program must be judged according to its impact on MPS students, Craney says

Viewpoints on Wisconsin Supreme Court voucher ruling - June 1998

Focus: School 'Choice' - WEAC Educational Issues Series

1997-98 WEAC Issue Paper

Milwaukee Voucher Schools: The Inside Story

Private School Vouchers: An Overview

Private School Vouchers: What the Research Show

News stories

Another Milwaukee private school booted from voucher program [10/10/08]

No advantage found for voucher school students [3/5/08]

Report: Milwaukee voucher program doesn't spur competition [10/3/07]

School choice program fails to provide test scores [10/3/07]

Racine County voucher expansion would be costly [8/16/07]

Congress hits sour note on vouchers [7/20/06]

Another voucher school kicked out of program [6/2/06]

National voucher legislation defeated [5/12/06]

State orders sub-par voucher school to repay $740,000 [3/17/06]

Putting the voucher cart before the accountability horse [2/17/06]

Ad campaign against Doyle over voucher schools flops [1/26/06]

State cuts notorious Northside from voucher school program [1/25/06]

Doyle reiterates support for greater voucher accountability [1/18/06]

Voucher schools ruled unconstitutional in Florida [1/6/06]

Former staff describe unruly voucher school [12/5/05]

National voucher program quashed [11/18/05]

Private voucher school, Northside, fails to meet minimum standards [11/18/05]

Voucher schools miss funding deadline [10/13/05]

Milwaukee voucher school closes after DPI calls for investigation [2/25/05]

Milwaukee voucher school dropped from program for safety issues [1/28/05]

Republicans reject DPI voucher enrollment plan [12/17/04]

DPI withholds payments from seven Milwaukee voucher schools [12/1/04]

Appeals court declares Florida voucher law unconstitutional [11/15/04] (external link to Palm Beach Post editorial)

Circuit court rules against religious school vouchers in Maine [10/25/04] (external link to NEA news release)

21 schools barred from voucher program [8/13/04]

DPI expels two voucher schools from program [7/14/04]

Milwaukee voucher school principal charged with felony theft [7/2/04]

Another Milwaukee voucher school is in financial trouble [12/15/03]

Court shoots down Colorado vouchers [12/3/03]

Doyle vetoes expansion of private school vouchers [12/2/03]

School voucher bill OK'd despite lack of accountability [10/2/03]

Troubled voucher school illustrates program's serious flaws [9/4/03]

U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Cleveland school voucher program is 'a costly mistake,' Johnson says [6/27/02]

Chase says vouchers are divisive [6/27/02]

Study finds costly loophole in state voucher law [3/15/02]

Vouchers are an impediment to school improvement, NEA tells U.S. Supreme Court in Cleveland, Ohio, case [2/20/02]

High court to review school voucher ruling [9/27/01]

Taxpayers statewide subsidizing religious organizations through Milwaukee voucher program, new study finds [4/12/01]

Did you know your district helps finance the Milwaukee private school voucher program? [11/29/00]

Voters soundly defeat major voucher initiatives in California and Michigan [11/8/00]

DPI cracks down on voucher schools [9/29/00]

Milwaukee voucher program overpays tuition; Taxpayers 'subsidize a subsidy' [8/9/00]

Milwaukee voucher program to expand again in 2000-01 [5/16/00]

Judge rules Florida's voucher program is unconstitutional [3/14/00]

Craney says report shows voucher schools fail accountability test [2/2/00]

Federal court rules Cleveland voucher program unconstitutional [12/20/99]

Most Americans don't understand vouchers, according to survey [11/19/99]

Milwaukee voucher school ordered closed for serious safety violations [11/15/99]

NEA President Chase criticizes court decision in Cleveland voucher case [11/8/99]

Court halts Cleveland voucher program; NEA hails decision [8/25/99]

Investigators find Milwaukee voucher schools violating law [8/23/99]

NEA takes action to stop abuses occurring under Ohio voucher plan [7/20/99]

Vermont court issues another defeat for vouchers [6/11/99]

School vouchers suffer losses in Ohio, Texas and Maine [6/9/99]

DPI must now approve voucher school selection plans [4/5/99]

Voucher schools accused of violating admissions laws [2/3/99]

Milwaukee leaders rally support for public education [12/10/98]

45% of voucher students go to Catholic schools [11/20/98]

U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear religious voucher challenge [11/9/98]

Milwaukee Public Schools to lose $27.8 million from vouchers [10/23/98]

Religious school voucher ruling appealed to U.S. Supreme Court [9/2/98]

Wisconsin Supreme Court clears way for expansion of Milwaukee voucher program to religious schools [6/10/98]

Voucher bills fail on Capitol Hill [11/21//97]

U.S. House defeats voucher bill [11/11//97]

Wisconsin Court of Appeals finds expanded Milwaukee voucher program unconstitutional [8/22/97]

Ohio judge halts Cleveland's school voucher program [5/2/97]

Legislators to introduce new voucher bill [1/28/97]

Warrant issued for former voucher school director [1/28/97]

Voucher ruling a victory for children, Craney says [1/16/97]

NAACP joins lawsuit over voucher expansion [10/4/96]

Theft by fraud charged in voucher program [9/19/96]

Public opposes using tax money to support private schools, according to new Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll [8/27/96]