Public dollars and private schools: A bad mix

From: Peacework | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

The principal was being fired, teachers were leaving, the school was in upheaval. At the time, I was a reporter for The Milwaukee Journal covering a parents meeting discussing the controversy.

I never made it to the meeting. Lawyers stood in my way and said it was a private school and reporters were not welcome. End of discussion.

I was enraged-but found out the lawyers were right. Shutting a reporter out of a parents meeting is against the law in Milwaukee public schools. But private schools get to operate by different rules.

I was reminded of this incident recently when the Wisconsin's ...

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