by Susan Spicka | Aug 28, 2020 | blog, Uncategorized
We are delighted to have some very good news to share! This week a federal judge issued a blistering decision that temporarily stops Betsy DeVos from taking federal COVID-19 aid away from the poorest students in order to provide well-off children in private/religious...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 24, 2020 | blog, Uncategorized
Families are preparing for a school year that will be unlike any other. Because Pennsylvania provides grossly inadequate funding to public education, school administrators have spent their summers operating within the constraints of very tight budgets and uncertain...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 16, 2020 | blog
Betsy DeVos—and members of Congress who do not take action to stop her—are in the process of looting PA public schools by taking federal funding away from the poorest students in the state in order to provide well-off children in private/religious schools a windfall...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 3, 2020 | blog
A new report issued by Education Voters of PA finds charter school enrollment patterns are consistent with the likelihood that many charter schools are exploiting the state’s special education funding system by cherry picking students with low-cost special education...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 8, 2020 | blog
Education Voters of PA stands in solidarity with communities that are protesting for an end to police violence against Black men, women, and children and are working to build a more just society where everyone, no matter the color of their skin, can live without fear...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 1, 2020 | blog
On May 29th, Governor Wolf signed a stopgap budget that was passed by the General Assembly. This budget provides five months of flat funding for most state programs and a full twelve months of flat funding for public education. There are no cuts to basic and special...
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