Career Training Schools Speak Out about School Funding Inequities When the state fails to provide adequate funding for school districts, it creates a competition for limited resources that discourages school districts from sending students to regional technical...
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Gift to expand Philly charters could come with costly strings attached – WHYY Newsworks – February 6, 2015
The region's most prominent education reform advocates want to give the Philadelphia School District millions of dollars to help it expand charter schools. "It has become clear that cost concerns are hindering the [School Reform Commission] from making decisions about...
Mark Gleason and Donna Cooper debate charter expansion on ‘Radio Times’ – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – February 6, 2015
On WHYY's Radio Times this morning, Donna Cooper of Public Citizens for Children and Youth and Mark Gleason of the Philadelphia School Partnership joined host Marty Moss-Coane to discuss the value and harm in expanding the number of charter schools in Philadelphia...
Pa. school funding formula roadshow hits Montgomery County – WHYY Newsworks – February 6, 2015
How to fund Pennsylvania's schools is a hot topic. The state's Basic Education Commission is traveling the Commonwealth to hear from stakeholders as it drafts a new formula for distributing state education aid. The state funnels more than $5 billion annually to 500...
Group Offers Up $35 Million for Philadelphia Charter School Expansion – Education Week – February 5, 2015
A local education group is promising to pony up $35 million in the hopes of getting the Philadelphia School Reform Commission to approve 39 new charter school applications. The cost of opening more than two dozen charter schools has been a major bone of contention in...
Philadelphia School Partnership pledges $25 million to aid charter expansion – WHYY Newsworks – February 5, 2015
The Philadelphia School Partnership says it will commit $25 million to the Philadelphia school district to help offset the stranded costs of charter expansion over three years. The district has been weighing 40 applications for new charter schools, but the added costs...
Montgomery County parents urge legislators to enact fair education funding – The Times Herald – February 5, 2015
As members of the Basic Education Funding Commission met inside the Central Montgomery County Technical High School to discuss the role of vocational schools in public education, local parents and faith leaders met outside the school to urge legislators to come up...
Pa. Lawmakers Holding Montco Hearing on Revising Statewide Public School Funding Formula – CBS Philly – February 5, 2015
LOWER MERION, Pa. (CBS) — A hearing was taking place today at a Montgomery County technical school, held by a group of Pennsylvania state lawmakers tasked with the goal of coming up with a new formula for distributing state education funds. It’s part of an ongoing...
Who should new Philly charters serve? Critics and hopefuls make their cases – WHYY Newsworks – February 4, 2015
What charter schools does Philadelphia need? That's the question the School Reform Commission is tasked with answering by selecting from this year's round of 40 new charter applicants. The district urged charters to set up shop in neighborhoods where the neediest,...
A $35 million attempt to add more charter schools – The Philadelphia Inquirer – February 4, 2015
In an effort to enroll up to 15,000 more students in new charter schools, the nonprofit Philadelphia School Partnership has offered up to $35 million to the city School District. The one-time gift, to be given over three years, would consist of up to $25 million for...