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…
Continue ReadingCyber 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…
Continue ReadingState 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…
Continue ReadingCharter 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…
Continue ReadingREPORT: 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…
Continue ReadingPress 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…
Continue ReadingPublic 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…
Continue ReadingKeystone 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…
Continue ReadingWhat’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
Continue ReadingThis 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…
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