by Susan Spicka | Nov 15, 2019 | blog
State Representative Mike Turzai, Betsy DeVos’ ideological soul mate, recently introduced a school voucher bill (House Bill 1800) that would create a costly school voucher experiment in the Harrisburg School District, just when the district is beginning to...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 28, 2019 | blog
On Tuesday, October 22nd, the PA Senate Education Committee held a public hearing on charter school entities. The CEOs of charter and cyber charter schools were invited to testify along with representatives from the School District of Philadelphia, the...
by Susan Spicka | Sep 20, 2019 | blog
Yesterday, Betsy DeVos visited a Catholic school in Harrisburg to promote her proposed federal school voucher program that would funnel $5 billion in taxpayer money into private and religious schools. PA House Speaker Mike Turzai, DeVos’s ideological soul mate, joined...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 30, 2019 | blog
It is an exciting time for public education advocates who support charter and cyber charter school reforms that will benefit students and taxpayers in Pennsylvania. In mid-August, Governor Wolf put forward strong proposals to improve the quality, transparency, and...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 2, 2019 | blog
Would you take a few minutes to ask your state lawmakers about their positions on cyber charter school funding and accountability reforms? Right now, lawmakers are in their districts enjoying summer vacations. They are away from Harrisburg and have time to reflect on...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 29, 2019 | blog
The state budget is done and a last-ditch effort made by anti-public education lawmakers to include harmful charter school legislation in the school code bill was defeated. Governor Wolf stood strong with our public schools and House Bill 357, which would have...
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