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Wisconsin Sunk $139 Million Into Private Schools Booted From Voucher Program
By Arianna Prothero
Education Week
October 13th, 2014
Over the past decade, Wisconsin has spent around $139 million on school vouchers to pay tuition for students attending private schools that were eventually disqualified from the state’s program, according to a review by the Wisconsin State Journal.
In an August report, Wisconsin was ranked, alongside Ohio, as having the second best voucher program in the country by the advocacy and research group Center for Education Reform. CER’s rankings are based in part on how much autonomy private schools are allowed to keep once they enter a voucher program.
