Walmart Family Support of Right Wing and Vouchers in Wisconsin
The selling of school choice
Posted on September 18, 2011
Walmart family heirs and others are changing the face of education in Wisconsin
Heirs to the Walmart fortune, including Alice and Jim Walton, have given thousands to Wisconsin political candidates since mid-2008. Photo courtesy of Walmart StoresBy Bill Lueders
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Public schools in Wisconsin will have to make do with $800 million less from the state over the next two years, under the budget passed by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-led Legislature. But state spending on programs that provide public dollars to private schools will see a net increase of nearly $17 million.