School Choice Wisconsin (SCW) today released the third study by University of Minnesota Sociologist John Robert Warren showing that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) graduate at a higher rate than students in the Milwaukee Public Schools. Further, Warren estimates that 3,352 additional Milwaukee students would have received diplomas between 2003 and 2008 if MPS graduation
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added: 2/2/2010
Eastbrook Academy, a private school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), was featured in the November 1st Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The article touts the achievement of two Eastbrook students who passed AP biology exams as 8th graders.
Eastbrook currently enrolls over 300 students, almost half through the MPCP.
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added: 11/2/2009
There has been a flurry of national and local press activity in recent days regarding the Wisconsin state budget and the future of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program:
- The Wall Street Journal editorialized against measures aimed "to reduce funding" and "to regulate the program to death."
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added: 6/8/2009
The Wall Street Journal today editorializes on proposed Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) regulation recently passed through the state's Joint Committee on Finance.
The paper describes the passed provisions as designed "to reduce funding" and "to regulate the program to death."
Read the whole editorial here.
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added: 6/4/2009
