Department Of Education, Legislators, And School Leaders Urge Action On Charter School Accountability, Reform
Pennsylvania Department of Education, Press Release, April 30, 2021 Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Acting Secretary Noe Ortega joined state Senators Lindsey Williams and Jim Brewster, McKeesport Area School District Superintendent Dr. Mark…
Continue ReadingCyber Funding: House & Senate Education Committee Fact Sheets
PCCY Charter Performance Center (Data sources: PASBO and PDE) Enrollment in cyber charter schools has skyrocketed during the pandemic, causing school districts to pay $350 million more and intensifying pressure on local property taxes. The House…
Continue ReadingVideo: League of Women Voters-Larry Feinberg on Pennsylvania Charter Schools
League of Women Voters, YouTube Video; MLTV – Main Line Network Runtime: 26:45 Host Roberta Winters welcomes public education advocate Larry Feinberg to discuss Charter Schools in Pennsylvania. Watch now on YouTube.
Continue ReadingPa. Senate education leaders need to give local taxpayers a break on cyber-charter costs | Opinion
PA Capital Star by ML Wemecke, April 12, 2021 School board members across the commonwealth are seeing red because the dollars they are sending to cyber- charter schools are spiraling out of control, putting intense pressure…
Continue ReadingTime is running out for Wolf to repopulate shorthanded charter school appeals board
According to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a new charter school got the green light to open its doors in Harrisburg this September, thanks to a decision by a powerful state board whose members formerly worked alongside…
Continue Reading2020 Facts & Figures report available
Do you know how many students are enrolled in Pennsylvania public schools? There are 1.72 million total (909,800 elementary and 814,654 secondary for the 2019-20 school year). These facts and many more can be found…
Continue ReadingCharter funding reforms proposed under HB272 could save taxpayers in House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff’s school districts $923K
Note: 2018-2019 cyber tuition is the most recent data available from PDE. It does not reflect the surge in cyber enrollment attributed to the pandemic. HB272 numbers are from PDE’s Estimated Charter School Reform Savings (Excel)
Continue ReadingMore than 77% of Pennsylvania’s Public School Districts Have Adopted a Charter Reform Resolution
Media contact for Keystone Center for Charter Change at PSBA: Lawrence A. Feinberg, Director Larry.Feinberg@PSBA.org Media contact for PSBA: Annette Stevenson Chief Communications Officer Pennsylvania School Boards Association Annette.Stevenson@PSBA.org Mechanicsburg, PA (March 17, 2021) –…
Continue ReadingInterview with Director Lawrence A. Feinberg
On a recent Video EDition, PSBA CEO Nathan Mains talks with Director Lawrence A. Feinberg about the mission and purpose of the Keystone Center for Charter Change, the current landscape of charter reform, and the…
Continue ReadingPa. needs to fix its unfair special education funding for charter schools | Opinion
Pennlive by State Rep Joe Ciresi, March 8, 2021 The system in which Pennsylvania pays charter schools for special education is broken. For every special education student who leaves a traditional public school to attend a…
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