Virtual school advocates are welcoming the President to Wisconsin, hoping for education reforms.
While President Barack Obama stops by Wright Middle School in Madison to talk about strengthening education, advocates of online public charter schools in Wisconsin hope his visit will highlight the restrictions on such schools, and encourage lawmakers to lift the enrollment cap.
“The virtual charter schools are under a cap of 5,250 students that are allowed to enroll in them. And that is, of course, a restriction on charter schools, which Obama has publicly stated he is not in favor of. He wants to get rid of restrictions on charter schools.”
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Virtual school advocates hopeful about Obama visit by Jackie Johnson
