Milwaukee’s Education Privatization Exlpained: What’s the Difference Between Public Schools, Voucher Schools and Charter Schools? « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

Milwaukee’s Education Privatization Exlpained: What’s the Difference Between Public Schools, Voucher Schools and Charter Schools? « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!:

Milwaukee’s Education Privatization Exlpained: What’s the Difference Between Public Schools, Voucher Schools and Charter Schools?

by millerlf

What’s the Difference? Voucher schools, Charter schools, Milwaukee Public Schools
Published in May 2012 by the non-partisan Democracy and Education Research Group.  Email: democracy.education.milwaukee@gmail.com
Overview
In recent decades, there has been an expansion of the types of schools in Milwaukee receiving public tax dollars. In some areas, differences may seem slight. In other areas, there are significant differences. This is especially true in terms of students’ rights, public accountability, and democratic oversight.
There are three main types of schools in Milwaukee that receive public tax dollars:

• Private voucher schools, charging tuition but also open to students who receive publicly funded vouchers.
• Charter schools approved by the City of Milwaukee and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
• Schools overseen by the Milwaukee Public Schools district.

The voucher schools, by definition, are private schools and do not have to follow the same rules as public