Dr. Matthew Kelly, Final Witness In The PA School Funding Trial, Provides Rebuttal
Fund Our Schools PA, February 22, 2022 After 48 days in the courtroom, witness testimony in the Pennsylvania school funding trial concluded Tuesday, with petitioners presenting their rebuttal case. They called just one witness: Professor…
Continue ReadingHearing: Charter Schools – Impacting Rising Property Taxes – Monday, April 4th
PA House Democratic Policy Committee Website The Policy Committee will hold a hearing on rising property taxes in Pennsylvania and how PA charter schools have impacted the increases. The hearing is hosted by Rep. Mary…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania cyber charter schools boomed in the pandemic. Why that’s crushing taxpayers
Hazelton Standard Speaker by Paul Muschick, February 4, 2022 The list of problems worsened by the pandemic is long. It swamped our antiquated and fraud-susceptible unemployment system. It burned out workers in already understaffed hospitals…
Continue ReadingGov. Wolf Calls for Charter School Accountability
Leader Vindicator by Josh Walzak, January 28, 2022 Harrisburg – Following state Rep. Joe Ciresi’s Capitol press conference on charter school accountability reform last week, Governor Tom Wolf applauded the legislators for their commitment and repeated…
Continue ReadingCapitolwire: Public school groups say cyber schools spent millions on advertising with tax dollars.
Capitolwire (used with permission) by John Finnerty, January 25, 2022 HARRISBURG (Jan. 26) — Advocates for traditional public schools said Tuesday that records obtained using the state’s Right to Know law show that cyber charter…
Continue ReadingOp-Ed: It’s long past time for the PA legislature to pass charter reform
Bucks County Courier Times by Bernie O’Neill and Eugene DePasquale, January 23, 2022 Our roles as former elected officials from both of the major political parties have given us unique perspectives into not only Pennsylvania’s political…
Continue ReadingOpinion: It is long past time for the Pennsylvania Legislature to pass charter reform
Reading Eagle by Bernie O’Neill and Eugene Depasquale, January 18, 2022 Two former elected officials, a Republican and Democrat, join forces on education issue. Bernie O’Neill, a Republican, is a former special education teacher and state…
Continue ReadingMeet Eugene DePasquale, new resident at the Keystone Center for Charter Change
In yesterday’s PSBA Video EDition, CEO Nathan Mains talked with Eugene DePasquale, new resident at the Keystone Center for Charter Change at PSBA, and discussed how school board directors can impact charter reform.
Continue ReadingWilliam Penn School District officials plead their case in historic school funding lawsuit
The Delaware County Daily Times by Pete Bannan, January 11, 2022 The lawsuit claims the state of Pennsylvania is not fulfilling a state constitutional promise to its children. HARRISBURG — On Monday Dr. Eric Becoats, Superintendent…
Continue ReadingLetter to the Editor: Lawsuit about more than formula
Lancaster Online by Candace Roper, January 9, 2022 I applaud the LNP | LancasterOnline Editorial Board for its Jan. 2 editorial on the fair funding lawsuit now being heard in Commonwealth Court (“Key testimony”). And kudos…
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