BREAKING NEWS: Wisconsin Senate Blocks Further School Choice Expansion

Earlier this month initial steps were taken to try to prevent the further expansion of school choice in Wisconsin, despite the fact that public schools were already improving as a result of expansions earlier this year and the enrollment cap has been reached in the first year of the new program in Racine.

Now, the State Senate has passed legislation making it impossible for future expansion of vouchers in the state.

We're highly disappointed in this news for a few reasons; first, it flies in the face of polling data that shows strong support for school choice expansion into Green Bay. Second, it fails to see that the demand for school choice is there.

But third, and perhaps most important, is that we're seeing a reversal of the very political will that was so necessary to help expand school choice in Wisconsin in the first place. What's troubling is that many of the very legislators who championed budget provisions creating the Racine program also, sadly, favored this arbitrary measure that shuts out thousands of families from having access to the educational opportunities they deserve.

Wisconsin Protesters 'Stick' New Meaning To The Phrase "Acting Like Children"

[UPDATE 2:57 p.m. EST: A local news station filed a report from the school just prior to the event, and you can view the video below. The station, TMJ 4 News, is also reporting that their is surveillance tape from the school that may be able to identify the perpetrator. Read more here.]

[UPDATE 12:15 p.m. EST: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is also reporting on the incident. Read their story here.]

Although we work everyday to uplift the educational futures of children, there's one thing we try to avoid: acting like children.

Unfortunately, the same can't be said about a rather immature protester in Wisconsin.

Governor Scott Walker and his staff are scheduled to make a routine visit the Messmer Preparatory School in Milwaukee today, but there was just one problem: this morning, everyone was barred from entering through the front door. Not because of a mob of protesters, police tape, or deadbolts. No one could get in because the doors were glued shut.

That's right; the front doors to the prep school were superglued by an unknown—and amazingly childish— protester. There was also another protester near the entrance of the school who warned the school systems president to "get ready for a riot" in advance of throng of promised demonstrators.