Quick Question: Should Wisconsin's school voucher program be expanded to include Madison?

The Capital Times:

Here's how five citizens answered this week's question (on the expansion of Wisconsin voucher school opportunities) posed by Capital Times freelancer Kevin Murphy. What do you think? Please join the discussion.

"Yes, I think parents should have the choice to decide which school their children will attend and this would allow them to have the money to make that choice instead of having to go to the one in the area they live. Choice is better for everyone -- parents too. When you give people the power to decide, it gives school districts an incentive to improve their programs for the students or they will go elsewhere."

Beatrice Makesa

financial analyst

Madison

"I don't think taking money away from public schools and giving it to private ones is right. I'm from California where our schools are in (bad) shape because the public schools don't have enough money to do a good job of educating. I don't want to see that happen here. In the city of Los Angeles, there's a handful of relevant public schools due to lack of state funding and that leaves everyone else trying to get into private schools, which can pick and choose who they want to enroll. As a general rule, taking away more money from the public school systems doesn't seem wise."

Charlie Frederich

technical service rep

Madison

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 23, 2013 8:56 PM
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