What is school choice and the voucher program?
Milwaukee is not the only city in the country to use school choice and a voucher program, but it is the oldest and largest. School choice programs have different names in different states-only eight other and the District of Columbia have some form of it. Milwaukee’s version is called the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP), and it is always creating a lot of buzz. Many parents hear these terms, frequently smothered in heated opinion, but do not understand what they mean or why the debates are important. Here are some facts about the MPCP and the voucher program as well as links to arguments on both sides of the issue. School Choice Wikipedia: School choice is a term used to describe a wide array of programs aimed at giving families the opportunity to choose the school their children will attend. -For a household of four, the yearly household income must be below $38,175 for one of the children to attend an MPCP school, according to the Department of Public Instruction. -The progr
