Sen. Ron Johnson hosted a hearing in Milwaukee that largely championed the benefits of the voucher p

I saw this tweet so went to find the article!

@SenRonJohnson hosts SHAM hearing on voucher schools amid federal probe-NO anti-voucher folks invited http://www.jsonline.com/news/education/ron-johnson-hosts-hearing-on-voucher-schools-amid-federal-probe-b99541298z1-317667101.html … @SenatorBaldwin


Ron Johnson hosts hearing on voucher schools amid federal probe
At issue is whether schools discriminate against kids with disabilities

By Erin Richards of the Journal Sentinel
July 20, 2015

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U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson hosted a hearing in Milwaukee that largely championed the benefits of the voucher program. »Read Full Article



This comment sums up the meeting:


athabasca

What a sham and a shame of a "hearing."

There was not a single invited-speaker who wasn't a voucher-booster.

The public was not informed ahead of time that there would be an opportunity to testify.

They tried to stack the attendees even, telling their St. Marcus families and staff to show up early and fill the limited seating.

Meanwhile, they're pretending that the families whose experiences sparked the complaint in the first place don't even exist. You know, the families of students with disabilities who tried to go to the voucher schools and who didn't get even the minimal adjustm