EDITOR’S PICK: Superintendents call for charter school reform
Observer-Reporter by Karen Mansfield, July 25, 2022 School officials from five Southwestern Pennsylvania school districts gathered Friday for an online press conference to discuss the impact of inflated charter and cyberschool tuition payments in their…
Continue ReadingThere Are New Rules Governing Federal Grants For Charter Schools. What Difference Will They Make?
Forbes by Peter Greene, July 11, 2022 The federal Chart School Program (CSP) has been handing out grants for opening and expanding charter schools since 1995; in recent years, there has been increasing criticism of…
Continue ReadingWinners and losers in the recently enacted Pennsylvania budget
Pottstown Mercury by Paul Muschick, July 12, 2022 Analysis of the best and the worst in a state that is flush with cash. Election-year budgets often are tame so as not to irritate voters, but…
Continue ReadingWhat the Biden administration’s new rules for charter schools say
Washington Post, Analysis by Valerie Strauss, July 5, 2022 The Biden administration is moving to overhaul the federal Charter School Program with new rules finalized last week that make it harder for for-profit organizations to…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Schools Need Adequate Funding, Not Vouchers
Wall Street Journal by Michael Churchill, Public Interest Law Center Philadelphia, June 30, 2022 It is underfunded schools—serving students with the highest need for additional help—that have deplorable outcomes. In “Money for Children, Not Schools”…
Continue ReadingGovernor disapproves deficient charter resolution
Huntingdon Daily News, June 25, 2022 Governor Tom Wolf announced that new regulations that would provide transparency, equity and accountability in implementation of the commonwealth’s Charter School Law (CSL) are ready for publication, after he…
Continue ReadingCharter School Tuition Gets Statewide Attention
The Tube City Almanac by Adam Reinherz, May 31, 2022 With charter school tuition payments rising faster than enrollments, public school districts are asking the Pennsylvania state legislature for relief. According to Pennsylvania’s quarter-century-old law,…
Continue ReadingVETOED: Gov. Wolf: New Regulations Providing for Charter School Transparency, Equity, and Accountability to Take Effect
Governor.PA.gov, June 21, 2022 Governor Disapproves Deficient Charter Resolution Governor Tom Wolf today announced that new regulations that would provide transparency, equity and accountability in implementation of the commonwealth’s Charter School Law (CSL) are ready for publication,…
Continue ReadingReport: Cyber Charter Surpluses
PA Charter Performance Center at Children First, June 15, 2022 Cyber charter surpluses are substantial, growing, and unregulated. This issue matters to school districts that are responsible for paying public cyber charter tuition and taxpayers…
Continue ReadingAdvocates rally for reform bills to save millions in school taxes
The Reporter by Evan Brandt, June 13, 2022 PERKIOMEN — Legislators, school superintendents, school board members and education advocates joined a press conference at Perkiomen Valley’s Evergreen Elementary School to advocate for charter school and…
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