PA Charter Change October 2021

Special Education Funding: Fund Services For Kids, Not Profits For Charter Managers

SSRN 4 Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly 176 (2021) by Susan DeJarnatt, Temple University – James E. Beasley School of Law, October 20, 2021 Abstract: Special education funding for Pennsylvania charter schools is not based on what the…

Powerful special interests are pouring millions into the 2021 Pa. Supreme Court race

WITF by Angela Couloumbis and Danielle Oh, October 26, 2021 While the race cannot change the Democratic majority on the high court, it could narrow the margin amid increasingly partisan attacks on the judiciary’s independence. Spotlight…

Pennsylvania charter schools blast proposed rules; lawmaker says ‘adversarial’ tone of debate doesn’t help kids

The Morning Call by Ford Turner, October 20, 2021 HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania charter school leaders on Wednesday ripped into proposed new regulations from the state, with one leader calling them “death by a thousand cuts” and…

Enrollment jumps in charter schools — with big gains in worst-performing part of charter sector

Washington Post by Carol Burris, October 15, 2021 The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS) has been broadcasting a 7 percent surge in charter school enrollment during the 2020-2021 pandemic school year. Parents are “voting…

Public comment period for proposed charter school regulations ends Monday – Your comments needed… TODAY!

Pennsylvania School Boards Association The public comment period for the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s proposed regulations for charter and cyber charter schools will end next Monday, October 18, 2021. PSBA will be submitting comments to PDE…

Cyber schooling hurts performance and raises costs, claim Pa. education officials

NorthCentralPA.com by Chris Benson, October 11, 2021 Williamsport, Pa. — After many schools went virtual during the pandemic, education sector officials reflected upon the financial and performance costs for students, school districts, and taxpayers in a…

Pennsylvania House approves voucher expansion for economically disadvantaged schools

WFMZ by Christen Smith, October 6, 2021 (The Center Square) – House lawmakers passed a measure Tuesday that expands the size and scope of tuition vouchers for Pennsylvania’s economically disadvantaged schools. Three Democrats joined all of…

Here’s why charter schools in Pa., elsewhere aren’t as ‘public’ as they claim they are

PA Capital Star by Kevin Welner, October 1, 2021 Charter schools are not as accessible to the public as they are often made out to be Proponents of charter schools insist that they are public schools…