by Susan Spicka | Dec 29, 2020 | blog
What a year of challenges 2020 has been! We have struggled with the severe disruptions of COVID-19, witnessed nationwide protests against systemic racism, and faced profound economic, ideological, and political gulfs in American society. And throughout all of this,...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 19, 2020 | blog
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) delivered an early holiday gift to Pennsylvanians. On Monday, November 30th, PDE denied the revised application of the Virtual Preparatory Academy of Pennsylvania (VPAP) Cyber Charter School. VPAP is a new project of Ron...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 14, 2020 | blog
Last week our partners at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center released a report that found Pennsylvania allocated $174 million of federal COVID-19 aid backwards—with the fewest dollars going to school districts with the greatest need. We flagged this issue after...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 30, 2020 | blog, Uncategorized
Since 2004, more than $3 billion in taxpayer money has been funneled into The Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund (RHDF), which provides $240 million every year in taxpayer funding to subsidize Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry. The bulk of...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Public education advocates can breathe a sigh of relief knowing that school privatization crusader Betsy DeVos will be going back to private life in January, where she can enjoy her yacht, vacation homes, and whatever other luxuries her Amway fortune can buy. A few...
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