Democurmudgeon: Private Voucher Schools asking for Higher Taxpayer funding. Be Careful When Republicans Dole out Taxpayer money to Private Sector.

Democurmudgeon: Private Voucher Schools asking for Higher Taxpayer funding. Be Careful When Republicans Dole out Taxpayer money to Private Sector.

Private Voucher Schools asking for Higher Taxpayer funding. Be Careful When Republicans Dole out Taxpayer money to Private Sector.

by Democurmudgeon

First, the good news (kind of):

JSonline: High school graduation rates increased for both Milwaukee Public Schools students and low-income city children using vouchers (went up 5 percentage points) to attend private schools in 2008-'09, but voucher students are still more likely to graduate than their public school peers, according to data released Monday.

MPS officials continue to question the accuracy of "Graduation Rates for Choice and Public School Students in Milwaukee," funded by School Choice Wisconsin, a voucher advocacy group. They point out that the names of