Courage, healing, hope – Jul 22, 2022

  Without Hope, How do They Have Courage? Gun shootings happen with such frequency in our schools, malls, and neighborhoods that we risk becoming numb to the horror. With such pervasive violence in our culture, how do we give our children hope and the tools to be...

Have we traded one king for another? – Jul 1, 2022

  Our Declaration for Children and Teens Monday is shaping up to be a beautiful day weatherwise for the 4th of July.  It’s the day we celebrate ending the tyranny of the Crown of England that extracted taxes from his subjects in the new land while refusing to...

Tell them “No!” – Jun 24, 2022

  Stop Harrisburg from Robbing our Future Leaders in the Pennsylvania House and Senate are hell-bent on passing a budget that harms the state’s future – our children – and will increase local property taxes once again. You can do something today...

Take action to level the learning field – Jun 22, 2022

  There’s a proposal on the state budget negotiation table that would speed the state’s most underfunded school districts along the slow road toward adequacy. Let’s push them over the finish line! Lawmakers are considering corporate tax cuts during...

What is the legislature thinking? – Jun 17, 2022

  Public Schools are Pinching Pennies while Cyber Charters are Rolling in Cash While the General Assembly was busy passing a bill this week to protect charter school interests, the PA Charter Performance Center released a report showing that cyber charters have...

REPORT: Cyber Charter Surpluses – June 2022

Cyber charter surpluses are substantial, growing, and unregulated. This issue matters to school districts that are responsible for paying public cyber charter tuition and taxpayers who ultimately foot the bill. State law already prevents school districts from...