The city most familiar with school choice gave it resounding support in last week's Milwaukee School Board election.
Recent polls show a state-wide surge in public support for vouchers.
The status quo in the Milwaukee Public Schools was turned on its head Tuesday with the stunning defeat of all five of the School Board candidates supported by the teachers union. The intense election battle grew not only from the fact that the balance of power was on the line, but also the fact that the educational landscape of the city is changing in momentous and rapid fashion. Milwaukee is now the only city in the nation with a constitutionally tested program that provides vouchers for low-income students to use at private and religious schools. The Wisconsin Supreme Court last summer ruled that Milwaukee's school choice program, which lets low-income students attend private and religious schools at taxpayer expense, was constitutional. The poll's results are in line with those of several other polls conducted recently in Milwaukee and in Wisconsin.