claim: "tommy thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."
author: tommy thompson
evidence_1: nov 24, 2016 ... trump's choice for secretary of education, betsy devos, has spent a lifetime fighting to siphon public money into private schools. ... when former governor of wisconsin tommy thompson started the nation's first private-school voucher program in milwaukee in 1990 it was, from the beginning, a racially ...
evidence_2: jun 1, 2017 ... allen: the real ed reform schism is between parents who need school choice & elites who just don't get it ... the real schism is between the parents who are told they can't be trusted with making fundamental decisions about where and how they educate their own children, and those who live in the ...
evidence_3: particular reference will be made to the public school privatization scheme underway in baltimore and the controlled-choice, voucher program in milwaukee. .... present school districts will continue to exist (at least in chubb & moe's scheme), but they will be limited in authority to the regulation of their own schools and the ...
evidence_4: apr 15, 2003 ... the national council on disability's (ncd) school vouchers and students with disabilities policy paper provides a rationale for assessing the issue of school .... "the commission recommends greater flexibility in using federal funds, allowing states to create parental choice programs while preserving the ...
evidence_5: jul 18, 1997 ... first and foremost, they argue, vouchers empower parents by giving them the freedom to choose what they believe to be the best school for their children. ..... moreover, opponents say, existing and proposed voucher programs do not offer enough money to give poor parents much of a choice outside of the ...