From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): THIS is what charter school “transparency” looks like under Pennsylvania’s broken charter school law. Six months ago, we set out with a simple goal—to find out how a single cyber charter school in Pennsylvania … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We have helped build a movement to fix Pennsylvania’s worst charter school law in the nation in every corner of the commonwealth. Now it is time to take this movement to Harrisburg! Please go … Continued
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 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-04-25/education/education-advocates-call-charter-school-reform-bill-flawed/a57419-2 April 25, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA)Play Audio in Browser Window House Bill 97 continues a financial incentive for charters to underserve severely disabled children. (amslerPIX/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Legislation to reform charter schools … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): It has been 20 years since the law that established charter schools in PA was enacted. Significant flaws in this charter school law have surfaced over the past two decades and legislators are now … Continued