Right to Know Requests Reveal $35 Million Spent on Advertising by Cyber Charter Schools Over a Two Year Period; Absence of State Oversight
In the 2020-2021 school year, school districts paid more than $1 billion in student tuition payments to cyber charter schools. The state no longer provides funding to help districts pay for charter school tuition, so charter tuition bills are paid for primarily...
UPDATE on Jerold the Bookworm & cyber charter waste
Just after Thanksgiving, we spotted an image on social media of Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) students marching in the 6abc Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving parade in Philadelphia with a Gerald the Bookworm parade balloon. CCA appears in the parade at 1:12:38 in...
What use would someone on the McDonald’s career track have for Algebra I?
If you haven’t already read about recent comments made during PA’s school funding lawsuit, brace yourself. Before breaking for the holidays, John Krill, attorney for Senator Jake Corman, had a doozy of a soliloquy during his questioning of Matthew Splain,...
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