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Monthly Archives: August 2021

Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid

While many schools scrambled to shift to online classes last year, the nation’s virtual charter schools faced little disruption. For them, online learning was already the norm. Most have few physical classrooms, or none at…

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Do charter schools really receive 25% less funding per student than school districts?

Pennsylvania School Boards Association – Closer Look In 2018-19, Pennsylvania school districts in total spent over $2 billion in mandated payments to charter schools. And yet, as the need for charter school funding reform builds…

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Bill Would Add Local Oversight to Charter Schools

Digital Notebook Blog by Evan Brandt, August 23, 2021 Blogger’s Note: The following was submitted by state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist. Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-Montgomery, has introduced a bill, H.B. 1803, which would require an elected…

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PSBA Report: Recommendations for meaning charter school reform

Keystone Center for Charter Change at PSBA – Charter Reform Task Force Report, 2021 Meaningful charter school reform has been a legislative priority of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) and its members in each…

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NSBA Report: The Impact of Charter Schools on Student Achievement, Funding and Integration

National School Boards Association – Center for Public Education, 2021 Since the first charter school law passed in Minnesota in 1991, over 40 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws allowing the publicly…

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Here’s what we know about Philadelphia’s remote school option

Chalkbeat Philly by Chalkbeat Staff, August 11, 2021  Philadelphia officials plan to open school buildings for all students on Aug. 31 for the first time since March 2020. But there is an option for families that…

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In Pennsylvania, A District Backs Away From The Charter Brink

Forbes by Peter Greene Senior Contributor, July 1, 2021 Like a television show throwing its audiences end-of-season twists, the Chester Upland School District has unleashed a series of end-of-year surprises. Chester Upland School District, located in…

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What’s The Matter With For Profit Charter School Management?

Forbes by Peter Greene, July 21, 2021  The House Appropriations Committee has caused a stir with one tiny paragraph in its 198-page health, labor and education spending bill. SEC. 314. None of the funds made available by this Act or any…

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House Democrats call for cutting federal funding for charter schools

Erie News Now by Katie Lobosco, CNN, July 20, 2021  A small provision tucked into a massive federal budget proposal put forth by the House Appropriations Committee would cut money for charter schools by $40…

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