Mayoral Candidates Need To Speak Out on New Round of Charter School Expansion

An Open Letter From PCAPS Leaders 6a00e54f8c25c988340133f4bf18a4970b-500wi With charter school advocates pressing for a new round of expansion there is a need for those who…

Yesterday Pennsylvania Voted For Good Schools. Now Let’s Make It Happen!

Yesterday Pennsylvania’s voters went to the polls in record numbers for an off year election and cast their vote for strong public schools. Tom Wolf,…

Paying More and Getting Less, A Tale of Two School Districts

The following testimony from Anne Gemmell at last week’s “people’s hearings” prior to the regular session, draws out the inequity in the way education is…

Charter Turkey of the Year Bus Tour Tomorrow!

Tomorrow we will recognize a few of the many charters who have refused to turn over documents that are supposed to be part of the…

We Want Sustainable Community Schools

Over a hundred people came together at Arch St. Methodist Church last night to kick of a campaign for sustainable community schools. The event was…

Education Action Calendar for Week of November 16th

Monday: PCAPS charter school task force meeting at ACTION United office, 648 N. Broad st., 5PM Tuesday: The 15 member Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission,…

Education Report Card Time for Corbett and Wolf

For this election year we have been asking people to vote for candidates based on their willingness to support the five points highlighted below. With…