I made it into the paper:

http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_17403683.shtml

Petri is interviewed in the end of the article. Here's a quote:

"He said he has pushed the direct student loan program and he was an original Republican sponsor of national charter school legislation."

I guess he doesn't read the paper much if he is wants to point out his leadership in Charter Schools:

Data from the U.S. Department of Education find children in charter schools under-performing those in public schools.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3856701

Bad News on the Charter Front
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/18/opinion/18wed1.html

Almost one-third of Minnesota's charter schools are regularly violating state law by failing to turn in financial audits on time
http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/4925069.html

Charter schools earn no A's Traditional public schools in area did better on official report cards
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1092408174200980.xml

National data publicized this week showing that the performance of charter schools largely lags behind that of regular public schools, even when taking into account race, income and geography
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/9436669.htm?1c

The state of California has shut down a private company that runs some 60 charter schools.
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3855681



Petri represents Wisconsin on the committee overseeing education, yet I understand his daughter has never attended either a public school, or a school in Wisconsin.

I am a product of the Wisconsin Public School System. I am proud of the education I received at Princeton Public Schools. It gave me a sense of intellectual curiosity that has kept me learning for a lifetime.

-jef-