Act Today to Support Charter School Accountability

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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

Senate Education Committee Voted Bad Charter School Bill Out of Committee

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From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Pennsylvania’s Senate Education Committee voted HB 97, the charter school expansion bill, out of committee yesterday (June 29th). HB 97 was amended to ELIMINATE the $27 million in savings school districts would have received … Continued

PA House Passes Bad Charter School Legislation

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From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On Tuesday, April 25th, the PA House passed HB 97 by a vote of 108-84. Click HERE to learn if your state representative supported or opposed HB 97. Ten Republicans and 74 Democrats voted against the bill. If … Continued