by Susan Spicka | Oct 28, 2019 | blog
On Tuesday, October 22nd, the PA Senate Education Committee held a public hearing on charter school entities. The CEOs of charter and cyber charter schools were invited to testify along with representatives from the School District of Philadelphia, the...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA, delivered this testimony to the PA Senate Education Committee on Tuesday, October 22, 2019. Thank you very much for inviting me to testify today. I am Susan Spicka, the executive director of Education Voters of...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 20, 2019 | blog
Yesterday, Betsy DeVos visited a Catholic school in Harrisburg to promote her proposed federal school voucher program that would funnel $5 billion in taxpayer money into private and religious schools. PA House Speaker Mike Turzai, DeVos’s ideological soul mate, joined...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 16, 2019 | Press Releases
Education Voters of PA issued this press release about the cyber charter school funding report we released on Monday, September 16. The report has been updated with 2017-2018 cyber charter school expenditure data. Click HERE to read one-page summary of the report....
by Susan Spicka | Aug 30, 2019 | blog
It is an exciting time for public education advocates who support charter and cyber charter school reforms that will benefit students and taxpayers in Pennsylvania. In mid-August, Governor Wolf put forward strong proposals to improve the quality, transparency, and...
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