by Susan Spicka | Feb 12, 2022 | blog
On Tuesday, February 8, Governor Wolf gave his final budget address. His education budget proposal is what PA students, families, and communities deserve. AND–WE HAVE THE MONEY to make these investments. Estimates show that Pennsylvania will have an accumulated...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 25, 2022 | blog
In the 2020-2021 school year, school districts paid more than $1 billion in student tuition payments to cyber charter schools. The state no longer provides funding to help districts pay for charter school tuition, so charter tuition bills are paid for primarily...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 18, 2022 | blog
Just after Thanksgiving, we spotted an image on social media of Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) students marching in the 6abc Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving parade in Philadelphia with a Gerald the Bookworm parade balloon. CCA appears in the parade at 1:12:38 in...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 7, 2022 | blog
If you haven’t already read about recent comments made during PA’s school funding lawsuit, brace yourself. Before breaking for the holidays, John Krill, attorney for Senator Jake Corman, had a doozy of a soliloquy during his questioning of Matthew Splain,...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 4, 2022 | blog
A few weeks ago I sat down over zoom with Dani Gross—a member of Ed Voters’ advisory committee, public education advocate, and parent who lives in the West Shore School District—to learn more about her advocacy strategies, how she works with her school board,...
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