Gov Walker's Unprecedented Voucher Expansion fueled by Betsy DeVos $ & SchoolChoiceNow lobbyists

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Gov Walker's Unprecedented #Voucher Expansion - fueled by Betsy DeVos $ & @SchoolChoiceNow lobbyists http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/31540-scott-walker-s-unprecedented-voucher-expansion … #ALEC cc #MichEd



Scott Walker's Unprecedented Voucher Expansion


Wednesday, 24 June 2015 00:00


By Jonas Persson and Mary Bottari, PR Watch | News Analysis



Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker speaks in Concord, New Hampshire, on March 14, 2015.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in Concord, New Hampshire, on March 14, 2015. (Photo: Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com)



At a time when other states are reinvesting in public education, Wisconsin continues to slash and burn. The Wisconsin Budget Project says that the state is now spending $1,014 less per public school student than it did in 2008 and more funds are slated to be siphoned off as Governor Scott Walker's budget proposes an unprecedented voucher expansion, draining funds from public education and directing them to for-profit and religious schools.

In crafting the budget, Walker is taking his cues from the American Federation for Children (AFC), a major force for school privatization nationwide..........

It also pushes "model bills" through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Disgraced former Wisconsin lawmaker and longtime Scott Walker friend and ally Scott Jensen is a "senior advisor" to AFC ........


Dramatic Cuts to K-12 Education

Governor Scott Walker's 2011-2013 budget slashed funding for K-12 education by $792 million—the biggest cut to education in Wisconsin's history...........



Redirecting Tax Dollars to Underperforming Private Schools

In his 2013-2015 budget, Walker upped the income ceiling for the Milwaukee school voucher program to 300 percent of the federal poverty line.

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Despite the fact that voucher students perform worse than public school students in reading and math when compared to socioeconomically similar cohorts in public schools, Walker announced plans to lift the cap entirely on the statewide school voucher program in 2015. ............


In addition, Wisconsin is bleeding a similar amount to independent charter schools, with some $68 million per year now going to just 23 independent charters, mostly located in Milwaukee.............

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1. Never heard of DuVos, but follow the money and it likely leads to the Bradley Foundation.

They're pure evil.

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2. Tupper ware

Isn't DuVos one of those that got rich from Tupperware ?

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3. Amway