by Susan Spicka | Dec 18, 2021 | blog
We started with a question: How can we help people understand what students experience in the commonwealth’s most underfunded schools? Our answer: Bring an old toilet to the steps of the PA Capitol! Why? With the trial in Commonwealth Court challenging the state’s...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 9, 2021 | blog
When Commonwealth Charter Academy marched in the 6abc Dunkin Thanksgiving Parade in Philadelphia this year, they did not show up with a homemade float on a tractor trailer bed. Instead, they walked with this Jerold the Bookworm Macy’s-Parade quality ballon....
by Susan Spicka | Dec 7, 2021 | blog
Students learning in a cinder block supply closet with no ventilation. Two reading specialists for 1200 students. Seventy-five kindergartners and one toilet. One guidance counselor for 400 students. These are just a few bits of testimony from school leaders who have...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 2, 2021 | blog
75 students : 1 toilet. That’s the kindergarten student to toilet ratio in a public elementary school in Pennsylvania. Hard to imagine? We will bring it to life for lawmakers, in the shadow of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court trial testing the...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 30, 2021 | blog
Our #GivingTuesday request this year is for your continued support as we continue to build the statewide movement we need to get the school funding system our kids deserve. Click HERE to make a donation. We have had an incredible year! I am so proud of all that...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 29, 2021 | blog
Air-fryers? Yes! Smart watch – yes please! New collar for Chloe the Yorkie? Absolutely! {GIF} Cyber charter school education? What?! No…just… no. Cyber charter schools are anything but a good value! We are getting ready...
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