JS Online: New school, new attitude

Anyone who's got a few minutes to spare from glowing over Owen's WPR interview this morning, make sure and read this story about one family's experience with the school choice program.

An excerpt:

Early critics of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program charged that it would 'cream' the best students out of the public school district. But Ashli, with her lackluster grades but standout potential, is actually a much more typical type of student in the program.

'There's no parent dumb enough to pull an 'A' student out of a school,' said Julia Hutchinson, the principal of St. Adalbert School, 1913 W. Becher St.