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Last EditedPenguin  Apr 24, 2006 08:50pm
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MediaNewspaper - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
News DateTuesday, April 25, 2006 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionParents, former staff say voucher school lacks direction

With leaders in the voucher movement promising to take a hard line on troubled schools when it comes to a new accreditation requirement, the leaders of some schools face a choice: Shape up or get out.

The Milwaukee School of Choice, whose name embodies the promise of the program, could be an interesting test case on this score.

Over the past several months, the school has been riven by allegations from a group of former employees and parents, who claim the school has no curriculum, no established discipline standards and no computers.

At the same time, Partners Advancing Values in Education (PAVE), which provides scholarships for students at private schools, is distancing itself from the School of Choice and its sister school, the Milwaukee Multicultural Academy, by declining to provide new scholarships.

School leaders dispute the allegations and say a group of fired employees is trying to tarnish the school's reputation.

But the controversy raises broader questions of whether schools that have met the financial and logistical guidelines of the voucher program also can survive closer scrutiny of their academic programs. About 50 of the schools are not accredited; a handful could find the process to be an uphill battle.
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