Jeff Yass, the richest man in Pa., is single handedly keeping school choice PACs flush
WHYY by Katie Meyer, May 12, 2021 The richest man in Pennsylvania is poised to spend millions of dollars influencing upcoming elections — all while trying to keep his name away from the political spotlight. Montgomery County billionaire…
Continue ReadingEighty Percent of Pennsylvania School Districts Call for Charter Reform
The Courier Express/Leader Vindicator by Josh Walzak, May 29, 2021 HARRISBURG – Leaders of more than 400 school districts across Pennsylvania, representing more than 80 percent of school districts in the commonwealth, have called on the General Assembly…
Continue ReadingPSBA Charter School Task Force: Developing a Plan to Level the Playing Field
Keystone Education Radio, PSBA Podcast, May 18, 2020 Meet the leaders behind PSBA’s Charter School Task Force and the Keystone Center for Charter Change at PSBA in this episode of Keystone Education Radio. Learn more about the efforts…
Continue ReadingYour view: Cyber schools aren’t free
Times Leader by Educational Leadership Team, Greater Nanticoke Area School District, May 11, 2021 The purpose of this letter is to inform Greater Nanticoke Area taxpayers that cyber school tuition is not free. Cyber schools cost…
Continue ReadingCyber Charter Schools Are Subject to COVID Emergency Leave Law, Fed Judge Rules
Law.com The Legal Intelligencer by P.J. D’Annunzio, May 12, 2021 “Pennsylvania law provides that charters, like its school districts, are bodies corporate and gives charters the power to sue and be sued to the same…
Continue ReadingDepartment Of Education, Legislators, And School Leaders Urge Action On Charter School Accountability, Reform
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Press Release, April 30, 2021 Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Acting Secretary Noe Ortega joined state Senators Lindsey Williams and Jim Brewster, McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Dr. Mark…
Continue ReadingCyber Funding: House & Senate Education Committee Fact Sheets
PCCY Charter Performance Center (Data sources: PASBO and PDE) Enrollment in cyber charter schools has skyrocketed during the pandemic, causing school districts to pay $350 million more and intensifying pressure on local property taxes. The House…
Continue ReadingVideo: League of Women Voters-Larry Feinberg on Pennsylvania Charter Schools
League of Women Voters, YouTube Video; MLTV – Main Line Network Runtime: 26:45 Host Roberta Winters welcomes public education advocate Larry Feinberg to discuss Charter Schools in Pennsylvania. Watch now on YouTube.
Continue ReadingPa. Senate education leaders need to give local taxpayers a break on cyber-charter costs | Opinion
PA Capital Star by ML Wemecke, April 12, 2021 School board members across the commonwealth are seeing red because the dollars they are sending to cyber- charter schools are spiraling out of control, putting intense pressure…
Continue ReadingTime is running out for Wolf to repopulate shorthanded charter school appeals board
According to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a new charter school got the green light to open its doors in Harrisburg this September, thanks to a decision by a powerful state board whose members formerly worked alongside…
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