by Susan Spicka | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
A newly-released audit from Pennsylvania Auditor General Tim DeFoor’s office of five Pennsylvania cyber charter schools has confirmed what we’ve long known—Pennsylvania’s cyber charter school funding system is deeply flawed and in need of urgent reform. Under the...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
On February 4, 2025, Governor Shapiro gave his budget address and shared his 2025-26 state budget proposal, which demonstrates his strong commitment to supporting public education. The proposed new investments and efficiencies, if adopted as a package, will be a win...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
The proposed new investments and efficiencies, if adopted as a package, will be a win for rural, urban, and suburban students and communities across the commonwealth HARRISBURG, PA (February 4, 2025) –Education Voters of PA, a statewide, nonprofit, nonpartisan policy...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Great news for public education in Pennsylvania—The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has denied the application for Unbound Academic Institute PA Charter School, an AI-driven cyber charter school that sought approval to operate in the Commonwealth. Read the...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Pennsylvania currently has 14 privately operated, publicly-funded cyber charter schools that any Pennsylvania student can attend. Tuition payments to these schools cost taxpayers more than $1 billion each year, Every cyber charter has been designated as needing...
