PRESS RELEASES
When news happens in issues of school choice, School Choice Wisconsin communicates it to the media – and shares it here.
SCW’s comments on Governor Evers’ Budget Proposal
For Immediate Release Contact: Jim Bender, Government Affairs and Public Policy Consultant School Choice Wisconsin Brookfield, WI – The following is a statement from School Choice Wisconsin’s Government Affairs and Public Policy Consultant, Jim Bender [...]
Education Poll Finds WI Parents Want Flexibility
For Immediate Release Contact: Jim Bender, School Choice Wisconsin bender@parentchoice.org 414.319.9160 Brookfield, WI - In celebration of National School Choice Week, School Choice Wisconsin is releasing an OnMessage statewide education poll that shows a strong [...]
School Choice Wisconsin President Jim Bender will Step Down at the End of 2020
Contacts: Susan Mitchell, 414.232.4324 Jim Bender, 920.222.5427 Brookfield, WI - School Choice Wisconsin (SCW) President Jim Bender will step down at the end of the year to form his own business, Bender Consulting, LLC. SCW [...]
New Study Finds More Positive Effects of Parental Choice Program
Research Shows Reduction in Crime Rate and Paternity Suits: Last week the University of Arkansas released another follow-up study on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. Since its original study more than a decade ago, researchers [...]
Supreme Court Rules In Favor of School Choice
Espinoza v Montana Ruling Finds Montana DOR Violated First Amendment In a 5-4 decision, Justice Roberts writes that prohibiting religious schools from publicly-funded education programs violates the First Amendment, Free Exercise Clause of the US [...]
School Choice Programs Continue Rapid Growth
Wisconsin Program Sees 37% Growth Enrollment for the Parental Choice Programs for 2019-20 show significant growth once again per DPI. Please see the tables below for headcount data and important information about DPI data [...]