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A Stormy School Choice Week – Jan 28, 2022
We Can Do Better if We Really Want Education Choice It’s been a stormy week, to say the least. Not only are we all bracing for the nor'easter, this week’s news was flooded with a torrent of new research exposing failure, waste, and potential fraud in...
REPORT: PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and Funding – Jan 2022
Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools are over-funded and under-regulated compared to similar programs in 27 other states. The PA Disconnect in Cyber Charter Oversight and Funding, a new report by the PA Charter Performance Center, explores how other states...
PA Leads Nation in Cyber Charter Costs, Not Academic Performance – Jan 27, 2022
PHILADELPHIA (January 27, 2022) — Compared to the 27 other states that permit cyber charters, PA has the most cyber charter students and is spending the most taxpayer money on cyber charters, yet it has the weakest systems to ensure students and taxpayers are getting...
Good Trouble, Necessary Trouble – Jan 21, 2022
Use Your Voice to Shape the Electoral Landscape It's an American tradition to come together to do good. We saw evidence of that in the nationwide volunteering in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday. We see it in 1,000+ people who gave just to Children...
It’s Good News this Time! – Jan 14, 2022
Teachers Asked, Children First Delivered COVID is once again taking a toll on the arts. Stages are going black as performances are being canceled with band members sick or worried their concerts will become super-spreader events. Even the 2022 GRAMMYs, the...
Focus Your Outrage – Nov 5, 2021
Masking Over Exploding Cyber Charter Costs School board elections are finalized, and first-time school board members will be sworn in over the next several weeks. Many candidates ran on platforms that sadly divide our communities (masking, racial equity,...
FACT SHEETS: Skyrocketing Cyber Charter Enrollment – Nov 5, 2021
Enrollment in cyber charter schools skyrocketed has during the pandemic, causing Southeastern Pennsylvania school districts to pay over $96 million more in charter school tuition and intensifying pressure on local property taxpayers. See the breakdown on costs and...
Comments to Dept of Ed on Charter School Regulations – Oct 19, 2021
Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Department of Education 22 PA CODE CH 713 Charter Schools and Cyber Charter Schools - #6-349 DOWNLOAD PDF Children First (formerly PCCY) works to improve the lives of our region’s children by developing initiatives and advocating for...
Follow the Right Example – Jul 30, 2021
INDIANA, YES. ARIZONA, NO. Instead of Pennsylvania following Arizona’s example of chasing down non-existent election fraud, we should be following Indiana’s example of ensuring that charter schools aren’t illegally bilking the taxpayers. Indiana’s...