First, a Kafkaesque story: After years of struggle, Erie School District faced insolvency, requiring a $14M bailout and a financial administrator to come up with a five-year-plan. The administrator went to work, diving into the fine details of the district’s … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-08-16/education/gov-wolf-proposes-pa-charter-school-reforms/a67476-1 August 16, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window One study found that charter schools enroll fewer English-language learners and fewer special students who require high-cost services. (davit85/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-06-06/education/report-says-pa-charter-schools-underperforming/a66703-1 June 6, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvanians spend more than $463 million a year sending children to cyber charter schools. (Monkey Business/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A new … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We wanted to flag the memo below that we sent out earlier today about a report that found overwhelmingly negative student performance in cyber charter schools and mixed results in brick-and-mortar charters. If you … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We are working with a coalition of parents, disability rights advocates, faith leaders, and advocacy groups to build public pressure on our state lawmakers to fix an egregious flaw in PA charter law that mandates more than $100 million … Continued
By Jeff Bryant “There’s ample evidence … that much of the vaunted ‘accountability’ of charter schools is an empty promise at best, and at worse, a curtain to hide all sorts of malfeasance and corruption … As a new report … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The PA legislature has gaveled out of its final session day before the elections. Thanks to your strong advocacy, HB 530, truly terrible charter school legislation, did not come up for a vote this week. … Continued