An appellate court ruled against the Northern Ozaukee School District, the William Bennettaffiliated K12 Inc. and virtual-schooling parents, including state Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin), last week, saying the state shouldn’t pay for parents to teach their kids at home.

When Milwaukee Superintendent William Andrekopoulos proposed a 16.4% property tax increase for Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), tax-cut politicians started spluttering apoplectically like Sylvester the Cat in the old cartoons.