REJECTED! Doomed-to-fail cyber charter application denied by PDE
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) delivered an early holiday gift to Pennsylvanians. On Monday, November 30th, PDE denied the revised application of the Virtual Preparatory Academy of Pennsylvania (VPAP) Cyber Charter School. VPAP is a new project of Ron...
New Report: Pennsylvania Distributes Emergency K-12 School Funding Backwards—The Fewest Dollars Go to School Districts With the Greatest Need
Last week our partners at the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center released a report that found Pennsylvania allocated $174 million of federal COVID-19 aid backwards—with the fewest dollars going to school districts with the greatest need. We flagged this issue after...
Webinar: Lifting the Curtain on Cruelty and Death in Pennsylvania’s Horse Racing Industry
Since 2004, more than $3 billion in taxpayer money has been funneled into The Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Fund (RHDF), which provides $240 million every year in taxpayer funding to subsidize Pennsylvania’s horse racing industry. The bulk of...
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