{"id":11386,"date":"2024-06-27T22:21:47","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11386"},"modified":"2024-06-27T23:04:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:04:57","slug":"irg-quoted-in-the-center-square-wisconsins-latest-charter-school-haul-much-smaller-than-past-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=11386","title":{"rendered":"IRG Quoted in the Center Square: Wisconsin\u2019s latest charter school haul much smaller than past years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As appeared in the Center Square:<\/em> <\/a><\/p>\n

Quinton Klabon, senior research director with the Institute for Reforming Government, said it is important DPI support charter schools in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharter schools are important for multiple reasons. First, as school districts struggle with declining enrollment, offering specialized options can attract and retain students. Second, the gold-standard\u00a0CREDO study<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0showed that charter schools are providing better results for students compared to their peers,\u201d Klabon told The Center Square. \u201cHowever, Wisconsin\u2019s charter schools rank in the middle of the pack nationally, much like our traditional public schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klabon said there is plenty of room for improvement among Wisconsin\u2019s charter schools.<\/p>\n

But that will be a bit more difficult with this latest round of federal funding, because there is a lot less of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, only 12 schools received a total of $11.4 million due to lower funding,\u201d Klabon explained. \u201cIn 2017, we won $95 million. In 2023, we only won $58 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klabon said the Biden administration is \u201cnot full steam ahead in Washington, hence the lower funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Still, Klabon said there are some exciting opportunities for charters in Wisconsin under this round of federal funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cAppleton Area School District is getting Hmong American Immersion School, the second of its kind in Wisconsin. One-third of Appleton\u2019s schools are charters, and it\u2019s one of the reasons their results are so impressive. Students can attend the specialized school that fits them best, including Spanish immersion, Montessori, manufacturing, classical, environmental, African cultural, arts, and engineering,\u201d Klabon said. \u201cChippewa Falls will soon have a classical school, a growing trend in private and charter schools in Wisconsin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Klabon said the next step is to get even more buy-in to fully supporting charter schools in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need more student-centered entrepreneurs and funders to step up to found great, new schools. We need to find ways, including through the state budget, to expand our highest-performing charters so that more kids can get an excellent education,\u201d Klabon explained. \u201cWe need our federal legislators to protect and expand federal charter school grants in upcoming budgets to support new and growing schools. And we need the universities and school districts who created these charter schools to hold them to a high standard and give them the tools to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/irg-quoted-in-the-center-square-wisconsins-latest-charter-school-haul-much-smaller-than-past-years\/ As appeared in the Center Square: Quinton Klabon, senior…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":11388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11389,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11386\/revisions\/11389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}