Milwaukee is home to the oldest publicly funded voucher school system in the country. However, our guests say that rural areas are being left out, and the program should loosen its restrictions to allow all children to take advantage of school choice. We also check in on the biggest political stories from Washington, including the latest on the investigation into Russian electoral meddling and the Trump campaign.
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This Week In Washington – May 24, 2017
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Attorneys: Wisconsin's Private School Choice Program Leaves Rural Students Behind
Milwaukee has the country’s longest-running school voucher program that’s publicly funded. Attorneys at the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty say the statewide voucher program should loosen its eligibility requirements to allow more kids in rural areas to attend a private school of their choice.
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