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New poll finds 74% of parents feel that politicians are using kids in school as political pawns.
Extremists are pushing Don’t Say Gay bills, anti-LGBTQ legislation, and book bans at the state level. Individuals and groups are targeting school board meetings, inflaming parents with false ideas about what is being taught in our schools and dividing school...
Go Back to School with Ed Voters!
School is back in session and that means it's time to hit the books-or the Google Classroom! We are excited to share with you our brand new Education Voters of PA issues and advocacy training series! The modules in our series will give parents and advocates an...
Get your super soft, cute Ed Voters long sleeve t-shirt!
We will be putting in an order for some super soft, long sleeve t-shirts for upcoming events. For just $30, you can order one of your own! Click HERE to place your order and we will mail it to you as soon as they come in.
Democracy in education and the importance of school boards
From January to May of this year I had the pleasure of collaborating with six university students in a course that focused on democracy in education. The purpose of the project was to support Education Voters PA in better understanding the role of school boards as...
Here is what happened during the final day in court!
Yesterday, July 26, 2022, attorneys for the school funding lawsuit had their final day in court. They presented oral arguments to the judge during a lively day in the courtroom. The case is now is in the judge's hands. She has thousands of pages of documents to review...
Public Education Champion Fellowship Opportunity
We are delighted to announce our brand new Education Voters Public Education Champion fellowship program. This program was created for parents and community members who care about their local public schools and are ready to step up and be vocal and engaged in...
Together, we made the historic $1 billion investment in students happen. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in PA’s 2022-2023 budget
With more than $12 billion in surplus and one-time funds available to spend in the 2022-2023 state budget, we had very high hopes that the PA legislature would approve Governor Wolf’s proposed $1.75 billion increase for K-12 schools. We had also hoped for charter...
What can we expect in the state budget next week?
With less than a week to enact a budget by the June 30th deadline, Pennsylvania House and Senate members were sent home until Monday, June 27th to give their leaders time to negotiate the details of a final budget agreement with the Wolf Administration. Presumably...
It’s crunch time! Tell PA lawmakers to Level Up school funding.
At this time one year ago, we told state lawmakers that it would take 20 years for poor school districts to be fully funded and that was no longer acceptable. We refused to lose another generation of students to historic and deep funding inequities. We...
Auditor General DeFoor doubles down on refusal to audit cyber charter schools
We met with the staff of Auditor General Timothy DeFoor in February to present his office with information about highly-questionable spending by Pennsylvania's cyber charters and urged his office to conduct audits of cyber charter schools. We contacted his office...
#WeWorkforEducation: Advocates take Action!
On Tuesday, advocates throughout the commonwealth made a difference for PA public school students! Parents, teachers, students, and community members called from home and came out to Harrisburg to meet with lawmakers and urge them to support a $1.75 billion increase...
Are cyber charters playing games with Pennsylvania tax dollars?
Education Voters of PA has obtained official emails and blank reimbursement forms along with screen shots from a Commonwealth Charter Academy Facebook page that reveal during the 2021-2022 school year, CCA, Pennsylvania’s largest cyber charter school with an...
Participating in the May 24th Call to Action Day for Education is as easy as 1, 2, 3!
Estimates show that Pennsylvania will have an accumulated surplus and unspent funds available of more than $12 billion by the end of June, thanks to a strong economy and higher-than expected tax collections combined with unspent federal dollars. Wealthy special...
Harrisburg’s latest voucher scheme passed the PA House
The PA House passed HB 2169, Harrisburg's latest school voucher bill, by a vote of 104-98. And it is a doozy. Click HERE to see how PA House members voted on HB 2169. HB 2169 would remove $144 million from school districts and give the money to parents in an...
How much $$ did a cyber charter waste on a parade?
It took many hours of work, many months of waiting, and untold tax dollars wasted on high-priced lawyers paid for by Commonwealth Charter Academy, but we finally are as close as we’ll ever be to knowing how much CCA paid for students to march in the 6abc Dunkin’...
Look who passed a resolution in support of PA’s school funding lawsuit!
Advocates throughout the commonwealth have attended meetings of school boards, municipal governments, and other organizations to ask them to pass a resolution in support of Pennsyvlania's school funding lawsuit. They have raised awareness in their communities of...
What’s in your budget? Five Resources for School Board Members and Advocates
This year we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to take a huge step toward closing Pennsylvania’s $4.6 billion adequacy gap that harms children and puts at risk the future prosperity of the commonwealth. The trial for Pennsylvania’s historic school funding...
Tired of extremists trying to ruin your local schools? Join us!!
This week I joined a group of ladies in our town who were fed up with extremists attacking our kids’ teachers and schools. It was great. We prepared our comments in support of our schools and our kids’ teachers and brought our crochet projects to the...
The legislature is considering VOUCHERS. Again.
Every few years, a few people in the legislature try to bring back the idea of vouchers, which give public dollars to pay tuition for private/religious schools. HB 2169 is the latest attempt to establish an education voucher program in the Commonwealth. It was voted...
Don’t cheat, don’t steal, don’t discriminate against students : PA charter school regulations are approved!
On Monday, March 21, with a 3-2 vote, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approved regulations for charter and cyber charter schools. These regulations, which were promulgated by the Wolf Administration, clarify Pennsylvania's 25-year-old Charter...
