Superintendent Tony Evers interested in the idea of expanding vouchers and virtual schools in December of 2010. He was in agreement with Governor Scott Walker’s stand that expanding them would be beneficial to the students. There has been no proof of the benefits being that great with voucher schools. Although virtual schools may be a thing of the future for our students, voucher schools are not something that is very effective in teaching our children. In the Badger Herald, it was reported that the cap was considering to be lifted for the number of students to attend voucher schools, which means that many more students will be attending private schools with government money.
The Green Bay Press Gazette than reports that Tony Evers is now against expanding the voucher program while slashing budgets for education. This report came out in March, 2011. This change has come after Scott Walkers decision to make cuts to school funding, which is taking away from the teachers, mainly bargaining rights.
I think that Evers is against agreeing with Walker because of the way he is budgeting in the schools. How can he take money away from public teachers to fund private schools? Why not take the money that would be given to voucher schools and make our public schools better? There is so much money that is needed for public schools to make them more efficient in teaching the students that it isn’t necessarily agreeable what Walker is proposing. Tony Evers wants to make the public schools a place for all children to get a meaningful education, and that means that public schools need money, and that more money shouldn’t be going to private schools.
-Korri M. Kraemer
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