New Report–PA’s Track Record on Private School Vouchers: Still no Accountability

by Susan Spicka | Apr 22, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized

Last week The Keystone Research Center issued an important and damning report focused on Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) private school voucher programs. Click HERE to...

Why taxpayer-funded vouchers are a (really) bad idea for Pennsylvania.

by Susan Spicka | Mar 11, 2024 | Uncategorized

We are gearing up for a big fight in Harrisburg to keep Governor Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers from expanding school vouchers in the 2024-2025 state budget. The proposed PASS/ESA private school voucher proposals would give tax dollars directly to families...

Join us for the May 8th Public Education Advocacy Day in Harrisburg!!

by Susan Spicka | Feb 23, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized

We are busily planning the PA Schools Work advocacy day, which will be on Wednesday, May 8th in Harrisburg. As we have stated, this is an education budget worth fighting for.  We need to make sure that state lawmakers understand that their...
We took a cyber charter to court–AND WON!!

We took a cyber charter to court–AND WON!!

by Susan Spicka | Feb 14, 2024 | blog, Uncategorized

In May of 2022, we learned that Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), PA’s largest cyber charter school, which received nearly $400 million in revenue in 2022, was providing families with hundreds of dollars per student in reimbursements each year using a...

Tell Governor Shapiro not to stack the Charter Appeals Board with school privatizers!

by Susan Spicka | Sep 8, 2023 | blog, Uncategorized

An article in the August 13th Philadelphia Inquirer (These backroom deals helped Gov. Josh Shapiro complete the Pa. state budget) set off alarm bells among advocates who support strong public schools in the commonwealth. This article reports Senate...

Budget impasse update, cyber charter bill details!

by Susan Spicka | Jul 13, 2023 | Uncategorized

BUDGET IMPASSE UPDATE: Senate Republican leaders continue to refuse to bring the Senate back to Harrisburg before September 18th to finalize the budget bill their chamber supported, creating a state budget impasse. Senate Republicans are upset because Governor...
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