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...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 18, 2019 | blog
Dear Republicans hold majorities the House and Senate in Harrisburg, so their priorities receive a vote. They have ignored pleas from their constituents to address the urgent need for cyber charter school funding reform to reduce enormous overpayments for failure in...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 4, 2019 | blog
MEMO To: Interested Parties From: Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA Date: June 4, 2019 Re: CREDO’s Charter School Performance in Pennsylvania (2019) report finds overwhelmingly negative results for students in cyber charter schools and mixed...
by Susan Spicka | May 23, 2019 | blog
Last week Republican members of the House Education Committee advanced two charter school expansion bills that deliver the charter school industry’s wish list. We anticipate that the House will vote on these bills in early June. Click HERE to send a letter to your...
by Susan Spicka | May 1, 2019 | blog
The PA House Education Committee passed what appears to be a top education priority for many lawmakers this year: a massive increase in taxpayer-funded school vouchers that benefit wealthy families. These lawmakers are not prioritizing an additional $100 million to...
by Susan Spicka | Mar 8, 2019 | blog, Uncategorized
Tom Corbett was voted out of office more than four years ago, yet his appointees continue to control the Charter School Appeal Board (CAB), a powerful body that can overturn school board decisions to deny charter school applications and strip communities of control...
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