by Susan Spicka | Mar 19, 2020 | blog
We are a few days into the closure of Pennsylvania’s public schools because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As parents are home with our own children, many of us are gaining an even deeper appreciation for the hard and important work that teachers do every day, often with...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 15, 2020 | blog
On Friday, March 13, Governor Wolf announced that all public K-12 Pennsylvania schools and school district run pre-k programs will be closed for the next two weeks. Schools will not be required to make up the ten missed school days and no district will be penalized if...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 5, 2020 | blog
THIS is what charter school “transparency” looks like under Pennsylvania’s broken charter school law. Six months ago, we set out with a simple goal—to find out how a single cyber charter school in Pennsylvania spends millions of taxpayer dollars on...
by Susan Spicka | Feb 5, 2020 | blog
Yesterday, Governor Wolf gave his budget address and outlined his priorities for 2020-2021. His budget proposal is welcome and reflects Governor Wolf’s continued support for public education. It also reflects the cold, hard reality that the Republican-controlled...
by Susan Spicka | Jan 31, 2020 | blog
We are seeing an unprecedented and powerful movement to reform Pennsylvania’s charter school law building throughout the commonwealth. Click HERE to sign up for updates from Education Voters of PA and join the movement! This week, school leaders from 30 school...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 28, 2019 | blog
On Christmas Eve we mailed a check for $250.00 to Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), one of Pennsylvania’s largest cyber charter schools. We filed a Right to Know request in September to learn how much taxpayer money CCA spent on advertising during a three-year...
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