Milwaukee: Does City Hall Have A Clue About What’s Going On At Its Charters Schools?
By Barbara Miner Dec. 12, 2012 View From the Heartland blog
It seemed like a simple idea: follow up on a recent media report about the rise in “independent” charter schools in Milwaukee and get specific lists of such charters overseen by the City of Milwaukee, by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and by the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Little did I know that this simple idea would become an ordeal.
Getting lists of this year’s charters from MPS and UWM was relatively easy via their websites. Getting a list from the City of Milwaukee was an exercise in frustration. It took me two days, eight hours on the phone and computer, and dozens of emails before a list was sent to me.
Which made me wonder. Does anybody at City Hall have a clue what’s really going on at the city’s charter
Serious Questions Raised About Charter Management Organization: American Quality Schools
It seemed like a simple idea: follow up on a recent media report about the rise in “independent” charter schools in Milwaukee and get specific lists of such charters overseen by the City of Milwaukee, by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and by the Milwaukee Public Schools.
Little did I know that this simple idea would become an ordeal.
Getting lists of this year’s charters from MPS and UWM was relatively easy via their websites. Getting a list from the City of Milwaukee was an exercise in frustration. It took me two days, eight hours on the phone and computer, and dozens of emails before a list was sent to me.
Which made me wonder. Does anybody at City Hall have a clue what’s really going on at the city’s charter
Serious Questions Raised About Charter Management Organization: American Quality Schools
Following is a 2-part article from Terry Falk’s blog, Yellow Bus, published in MilwaukeeMag.com.
Questionable Quality at American Quality Schools
AQS in Indiana Highlight Problems for this School Provider BY Terrence Falk 11/21/2012
Recently Milwaukee’s Mayor and Common Council approved a charter elementary school for next year run byAmerican Quality Schools. In addition, AQS also came to Milwaukee Public Schools with a proposal to open a secondary school, but a school board committee looked deeper and decided not to advance the proposal. AQS will not contest the committee’s recommendation at the full school board meeting.
What tipped committee members to AQS problems was an article in Fort Wayne’s daily paper, The Journal
Questionable Quality at American Quality Schools
AQS in Indiana Highlight Problems for this School Provider BY Terrence Falk 11/21/2012
Recently Milwaukee’s Mayor and Common Council approved a charter elementary school for next year run byAmerican Quality Schools. In addition, AQS also came to Milwaukee Public Schools with a proposal to open a secondary school, but a school board committee looked deeper and decided not to advance the proposal. AQS will not contest the committee’s recommendation at the full school board meeting.
What tipped committee members to AQS problems was an article in Fort Wayne’s daily paper, The Journal
