A Bipartisan Call to Get Charter Reform Legislation Across the Finish Line [Occasionally we share other voices in the fight for children’s rights. Below is a bipartisan opinion piece published in The Mercury newspaper that gets right to “The...
Public Schools are Pinching Pennies while Cyber Charters are Rolling in Cash While the General Assembly was busy passing a bill this week to protect charter school interests, the PA Charter Performance Center released a report showing that cyber charters have...
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 who ultimately foot the bill. State law already prevents school districts from...
Montgomery County superintendents, school board members, and a bipartisan group of state legislators came together to demand charter school reform at a Children First press conference this week. Charter school payments by school districts drive up property...
It’s No Joke A priest, a hedge fund millionaire, and a right- wing think tank director walk into a bar. The priest says to the hedge fund guy, “I know you’ve faltered in your now ten-year effort to destroy public education. I have a way for you to...
Testimony for the House Democratic Policy Committee Impact of Cyber Charter Schools on Rising Property Taxes and What We Can Do About It Irvis Office Building, Capitol Complex, Harrisburg Monday, April 4th, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM G-50 My name is Tomea...
