Video: This Week in Pennsylvania: Former Chair of PA GOP Robert Gleason and former State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale discuss the need for charter reform
WHTM ABC27 Harrisburg by James Wesser and James Crummel, August 7, 2022 (WHTM) — In This Week in Pennsylvania, James Crummel reports the latest in Pa. policy and politics. In this week’s episode, Crummel will…
Continue ReadingYouTube Video: HDPC Hearing: Charter Schools Impact on Rising Property Taxes — Copy
PA House Democratic Policy Committee Press Release, April 4, 2022. YouTube Runtime: 1:49:40 Keystone Center for Charter Change Director Larry Feinberg testifying at April 4th House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Charter School Impact on Rising…
Continue ReadingFour takeaways from Pa.’s landmark school-funding trial, two weeks into Republican witnesses
Inquirer by Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham, February 11, 2022 A school finance expert called by GOP lawmakers disputed allegations in the lawsuit challenging how Pennsylvania pays for public schools. As Republican legislative leaders defend…
Continue ReadingOpinion: Fair school funding means fair funding for every Pa. student. Not just a few
PA Capital Star by Laura Johnson, February 6, 2022 Pa. lawmakers wouldn’t settle for less than the best for their kids. Why should we? Should every student in the Commonwealth have the educational resources they…
Continue ReadingGov. Wolf wants to ‘level the playing field’ with charter reform, but not everyone is on board
PA Capital Star by Marley Parish, June 3, 2021 Saying that he wants to bring accountability to what he describes as a broken system, Gov. Tom Wolf again has called on lawmakers to “level the playing field”…
Continue ReadingPSBA Legislative Priority Issue: Enact Meaningful Charter School Reforms
Pennsylvania School Boards Association PSBA believes that the state must enact comprehensive reforms to address areas of charter school operations, accountability and funding. The average Pennsylvania school district spends millions of dollars in taxpayer money…
Continue ReadingICYMI: Three Pennsylvania Public Charter Schools Awarded Federal Grants
Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools, May 10, 2021 HARRISBURG (May 10, 2021) – The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter School (PCPCS) today announced the three subgrantees who may receive as much as $1.5 million…
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