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The story of Atlas Preparatory Academy underscores an interesting trend: The number of voucher schools in recent years has leveled off, and this year, fell significantly. But the total number of students using vouchers to attend private schools in the city has gone up.

A worthy D.C. program deserves Congress's support.

The number of Milwaukee children using publicly funded vouchers to attend private schools increased 4% in 2009, while the total number of voucher schools decreased significantly for the first time in years, according to data released this week by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Ms. Rhee testified at an earlier hearing that she could not in good conscience tell a parent today to put his or her child in a traditional public school.

About a thousand people gathered outside the Capitol in support of the D.C. voucher program, which is up for reauthorization by Congress.

A Department of Education evaluation has since revealed that the mostly minority students are making measurable academic gains and narrowing the black-white learning gap

The federal government paid $12 million for 1,718 District students to attend private schools as part of the city's voucher program last year, but it doesn't know where more than a fifth of them went, a Senate leader said at a hearing Wednesday.

Student mobility in Milwaukee could hamper the state's latest attempt to evaluate voucher schools, warns a report from the Legislative Audit Bureau released Wednesday.

Students who were originally offered up to $7,500 for tuition at private schools encourage Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to award vouchers he rescinded.

Eleven organizers who planned to open new voucher schools this fall but were rejected by the recently formed New Schools Approval Board have sued State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Evers and Marquette University

With charter schools ascendant, is there still a future for vouchers?