{"id":12097,"date":"2024-08-14T05:03:37","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T05:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12097"},"modified":"2024-08-14T05:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T05:58:59","slug":"report-says-milwaukee-school-enrollment-down-and-students-still-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=12097","title":{"rendered":"Report Says Milwaukee School Enrollment Down and Students Still Behind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Ben Yount<\/h5>\n

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A new report says most students in Milwaukee schools are not getting any better of an education now than they were 30 years ago.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Policy Forum released the study<\/a> recently. It shows children are doing just as poorly now as they were in 1994, despite the billions of dollars spent on education since then.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024, total public funding for schools in Milwaukee fell to its lowest level since at least the late 1990s, but per student funding was largely even with two decades ago,\u201d the report stated.<\/p>\n

The Policy Forum said the largest drop in MPS comes from a sharp drop in enrollment over the past three decades.<\/p>\n

\u201cTraditional MPS schools (i.e., not including MPS-authorized, independently run charters) have felt the brunt of this decline, with a total enrollment drop of nearly 30,000 students (32.8 percent) between 2006 and 2024,\u201d the report added. \u201cOver the same period, both charter school and private choice program enrollment \u2013 both funded publicly \u2013 expanded in the city by 8,372 (114.3 percent) and 14,239 students (89.8 percent) students, respectively.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report also shows school choice students in Milwaukee are doing better than traditional MPS students when it comes to both test scores and attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cCharter schools in Milwaukee led the city from 2017 to 2019 in the largest share of students educated in highly rated schools, the highest Report Card achievement scores, and the lowest share of students scoring below basic on the Forward exam,\u201d the report stated.\u00a0 \u201cResults from the private choice programs also improved from 2017 and 2019 and largely remained steady through the pandemic such that they now vie with the charter schools for the top spot across various metrics in Milwaukee. MPS has not yet recovered from the pandemic and remains the lowest rated on average across all metrics examined.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report went on to say that there is \u201clittle evidence\u201d that \u201cthe average Milwaukee child receives a higher quality education today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wisconsin\u2019s superintendent of schools says the report is proof that Wisconsin lawmakers need to spend even more money on Milwaukee Public Schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis troubling report makes it clear all publicly-funded school models in Milwaukee \u2014 traditional, private and charter \u2014 need to improve to better serve the community. Kids in Milwaukee across all sectors have very real, distinct needs that are not being met, no matter the type of school,\u201d Superintendent Jill Underly said in a statement. \u201cWe can and must invest in the future of our kids, create environments where they can thrive, provide robust support to our educators and schools, and make real progress in closing longstanding gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

School choice supporters say the numbers show the value and need for more school choice in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny plan to address K-12 education issues in Milwaukee must include more parent choice,\u201d School Choice Wisconsin President Nicholas Kelly said. \u201cDPI data show that students in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program have outperformed MPS students despite often entering the choice program at lower levels of achievement. Those results, which we know could be even stronger, occurred with per pupil funding at about 60 percent of public school funding.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Benjamin Yount is a contributor to The Center Square<\/a>.
\nPhoto \u201cClassroom\u201d by Max Fischer<\/a>.
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