Are national charter schools a game changer or a fad?

Alan Borsuk:

Where will the thin blue line lead these children? What will their path mean to Milwaukee's education scene?

I'm talking about the 330 kindergarten through fifth-grade students at Milwaukee Scholars Charter School.

The corridors of the school's new building at 7000 W. Florist Ave. have gray carpeting - except for blue stripes near each wall.

When students pass in the halls, whether in groups or solo, they are required to walk only on the blue stripe on the right side of the hall as they face it. Get caught off that stripe and you can get marked down in the school's discipline system.

Minus the blue lines and with a discipline system that isn't structured quite so firmly, Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, a charter school at 110 W. Burleigh St., brings to mind the same questions for its 160 kindergarten through fifth-grade pupils.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at January 22, 2012 2:53 AM
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