charter reform
Letter to Auditor General Timothy DeFoor
On January 25th, 2024, we filed a Right-to-Know request with Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA) seeking information about fleet vehicles, marketing staff, Family Fun Fests, food trucks, theme parties, and employee engagement activities that were specifically referenced in a CCA job advertisement. CCA denied these Right-to-Know requests stating that the organization had no records responsive to the request.…
Read MoreUrgent: Sign This Petition to Clean Up the Federal Charter Schools Program
For the first time since the federal Charter Schools Program was established in 1994, the U.S. Department of Education is setting forth meaningful regulations to bring greater transparency and stop waste and fraud. These rules will make a tremendous difference in stopping the spread of charters run for profit and ensuring that charters that increase…
Read MoreALERT: Oppose Harrisburg’s plan to take hundreds of millions of dollars from our public schools
From Education Voters of PA: On Monday, June 7th, the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted to advance legislation that would take hundreds of millions of dollars away from students in our local public schools and steer this money into private/religious schools, tax breaks for businesses, and an expansion of unaccountable charter schools. Every year…
Read MorePA Charter Change Roundup: June 7, 2021
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Read MoreFixing Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law to protect kids and (HB272/SB27)
This is from the daily newsletter PA Charter Change Roundup, produced by the Keystone Center for Charter Change at PSBA. For more info, check out their website PACharterChange.org. PA General Assembly Website, January 27, 2021 From: Representative Joe Ciresi and Rep. Wendi Thomas To: All House members In 1997 Google and Netflix didn’t exist, but Woolworth’s…
Read MoreLearn About Charter School Special Education Funding
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania: Special education funding for charter schools is a hot topic in Harrisburg. For the first time ever, we have a real chance to fix Pennsylvania’s charter school law to eliminate profits that charter schools reap off of special education tuition payments and to increase school choice for students with disabilities.…
Read MoreNPE Releases New Report on Charters Run for Profit
From the good folks at Network for Public Education: Fifteen percent of all charter schools–schools that educate about 1 in 5 charter school students–are run by for-profit corporations. The Network for Public Education’s new report, Chartered For Profit: The Hidden World of Charter Schools Operated for Financial Gain, pulls back the veil on tactics and practices…
Read MoreThe Charter School Reform Act of 2021 (HB 272)
House Co-Sponsorship Memorandum introduced by Rep. Joe Ciresi and Rep. Wendi Thomas offers solutions to the long-needed reform to Pennsylvania’s Charter School Law. The Charter School Reform Act of 2021 (HB 272) includes core requirements supporting the following: Protecting Your Right to Know Protecting Your Property Tax Dollars Protecting the Future of Our Kids Read…
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