PA Charter Change Press Room Archives

Ciresi cyber charter reform bill passes the House

Rep. Joseph Ciresi, July 8, 2023 HARRISBURG, July 8 – In a bipartisan vote, the PA House yesterday passed state Rep. Joe Ciresi’s legislation (H.B 1422) that would modernize Pennsylvania’s charter school law to specifically address…

Cyber Charter Reform Could Finally Be Coming To Pennsylvania

Forbes by Peter Greene, July 9, 2023. Pennsylvania has long been a wild west for cyber charter schools, but there could soon be a new sheriff in town. The House has passed a bill to…

State House Passes Meaningful Charter School Reform

On July 7, 2023, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote, approved House Bill 1422, which signifies the most substantial reforms to the state’s Charter School Law since the creation of cyber charter…

Charter and cyber schools work, but get too much money

By Lawrence A. Feinberg, May 27, 2023, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette We’ve been overpaying for charter school tuition for 25 years and its high time for the state legislature to fix it. How much are we spending on…

REPORT: The Unfulfilled Charter School Promise – Apr 2023

Pennsylvania’s charter school law dates back to 1997 which means we now have a quarter century of evidence to consider how well charter schools educate students. At a macro level, brick and mortar charter schools…

Press release: More Than 90% of PA’s School Districts are Calling for Charter Reform

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HARRISBURG, Pa., February 27, 2023 – More than 90% of Pennsylvania’s locally elected school boards have passed a resolution calling on the General Assembly to enact meaningful charter reform, the Keystone Center…

Public school advocates: Help us push charter reform as 90% of school boards adopt resolutions

Locally elected school boards have spoken – the time for charter reform is now! More than 90% of Pennsylvania’s 500 school boards across the state have adopted resolutions calling on the General Assembly to enact…

Keystone Center residents to appear as guests on KDKA radio show

Keystone Center for Charter Change Residents Eugene DePasquale and Rob Gleason will discuss the need for charter reform with KDKA radio host Marty Griffin on Thursday, November 17 at 7:05 a.m. Listen live on Thursday…

What’s the real cost of charter school tuition in Pa.? It’s more than you think | Opinion

By Lawrence A. Feinberg, October 31, 2022 For more than 25 years, Pennsylvania taxpayers have been paying charter school tuition rates that far exceed charter schools’ actual costs Click here to read more

This Week in Pennsylvania: Robert Gleason, Eugene DePasquale

WHTM ABC27 by James Wesser and James Crummel, August 7, 2022 (WHTM) — In This Week in Pennsylvania, James Crummel reports the latest in Pa. policy and politics. In this week’s episode, Crummel will talk…