REAL LIVES, REAL RESULTS
School choice is helping real kids. Thousands of students throughout Wisconsin are thriving because of the educational options available to them through school choice programs. Here are just a few of their school choice stories.
Choice Schools and Families Stranded When DPI Drops the Ball
This year in Wisconsin, 49,000 students are enrolled in private schools through the Milwaukee, Racine, or Statewide Parental Choice Program. These are students in hard-working lower-income families who have been given a voucher to attend [...]
The Support Behind the Stanford Scholar: Augustin at Cristo Rey Jesuit
Augustin Khey has been a busy student at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School for the past four years. On a given day, you may have found him building something for his robotics or computer science [...]
In Service and Commitment, GRACE’s Doors Remain Open
When you’re dedicated to service, sometimes you must take risks to serve your community best. Ahead of the start of their 2020-21 school year, The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System had to decide [...]
School Choice, St. Bruno’s, and Annalise
DOUSMAN, WI – On a cold afternoon in February, Annalise Cartwright had a parent-teacher conference unlike any other before. She sat in the brightly colored miniature chairs, customary for her 4-year-old Kindergarten classroom, with her [...]
The Wakefield Family at HOPE Via
If there is one thing that 7-year-old Kyan Wakefield has enthusiasm about, it is prayer. The second-grader loves to pray. In fact, he gets a bit overzealous at times, and is gently reminded to cut [...]
Amya at the Institute of Technology and Academics
Far across town from the Institute of Technology and Academics, lives a 15-year-old girl who has been in desperate straits. Her parents struggle with drug addiction, she cannot read and she has resorted to cutting [...]
RISE: RECOGNIZING INSPIRING SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS
Every day, schools and educators are taking extraordinary steps to ensure that their students are educated to the fullest, despite their circumstances. These school leaders set examples for all to follow. Often, however, their efforts are unsung. Here is where we give these leaders the spotlight they deserve.
In Service and Commitment, GRACE’s Doors Remain Open
When you’re dedicated to service, sometimes you must take risks to serve your community best. Ahead of the start of their 2020-21 school year, The Green Bay Area Catholic Education (GRACE) System had to decide [...]
Celebrating Cultures, Connecting a Community at St. Thomas More Catholic School
“It was challenging for quite a while.” As in every other school, Green Bay’s St. Thomas More Catholic School met a new set of challenges when the coronavirus spread to their area. “The staff really [...]
New Testament Christian Academy STOPs COVID Learning Loss in its Tracks
When Wisconsin’s schools were first ordered to shut down to prevent the spread of COVID-19, New Testament Christian Academy Director Renee Johnson says “We prayed.” Little did they know how incredibly their prayers would be [...]
Those Who RISE to the Challenge
The coronavirus was brand new and spreading fast on March 18, 2020. On that day, out of an abundance of caution, Governor Tony Evers ordered all Wisconsin schools closed until April 6, 2020. What was [...]