Testimony on the Final Form Regulations from the PA Department of Education 22 PA CODE CH 713 Charter Schools and Cyber Charter Schools – #6-349 March 21, 2022 My name is Tomea Sippio-Smith, and I am the K-12 Education Policy Director at Children First. I am...
Testimony to the School District of Philadelphia Board of Education at the Special Action Meeting to Consider Three Applications for New Charter Schools Prepared by Tomea Sippio-Smith, K-12 Policy Director, Children First (Formerly known as Public Citizens for...
A Quality Education…with a Side of Fries We couldn’t say it better than Jack Earle, a former franchisee of McDonald’s restaurants in the Greater Philadelphia Area and Southern New Jersey, who has real insight into the so-called McDonald’s...
We Can Do Better if We Really Want Education Choice It’s been a stormy week, to say the least. Not only are we all bracing for the nor’easter, this week’s news was flooded with a torrent of new research exposing failure, waste, and potential...
Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools are over-funded and under-regulated compared to similar programs in 27 other states. The PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and Funding, a new report by the PA Charter Performance Center, explores how other states...
PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2022) — Compared to the 27 other states that permit cyber charters, PA has the most cyber charter students and is spending the most taxpayer money on cyber charters, yet it has the weakest systems to ensure students and taxpayers are getting...
