We took a cyber charter to court–AND WON!!
In May of 2022, we learned that Commonwealth Charter Academy (CCA), PA’s largest cyber charter school, which received nearly $400 million in revenue in 2022, was providing families with hundreds of...
View ArticleJoin us for the May 8th Public Education Advocacy Day in Harrisburg!!
We are busily planning the PA Schools Work advocacy day, which will be on Wednesday, May 8th in Harrisburg. As we have stated, this is an education budget worth fighting for. We need to make sure...
View ArticlePA Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on Education Recap
On Wednesday, February 28th, the Senate Appropriations Committee held a budget hearing with the Pennsylvania Department of Education that focused on the proposed funding for education in Governor...
View ArticleWhy taxpayer-funded vouchers are a (really) bad idea for Pennsylvania.
We are gearing up for a big fight in Harrisburg to keep Governor Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers from expanding school vouchers in the 2024-2025 state budget. The proposed PASS/ESA private school...
View ArticleOur Testimony: School Vouchers Fund and Fuel Hate
I was honored to have been invited to speak at the House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the Basic Education Funding Commission Report at the Chester County Intermediate Unit on Tuesday, March...
View ArticleFinally some accountability for $470 million in school voucher spending in...
Pennsylvania has two programs that will spend a combined $470 million in 2023-2024 to provide taxpayer-funded vouchers to private and religious schools: the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC)...
View ArticlePennsylvanians for Welcoming and Inclusive Schools
Ed Voters is a proud partner of the Pennsylvanians for Welcoming and Inclusive Schools (PA WInS) coalition, which includes the Education Law Center, ACLU-PA, Disability Rights-PA, the Pennsylvania...
View ArticleOur letter to Auditor General DeFoor (again) requesting an audit of...
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,...
View ArticleTake Action Now: Help Us Pass Resolutions in Support of Constitutional Public...
Public school students in Pennsylvania won a landmark victory in February of 2023 when Commonwealth Court handed down a decision declaring that our current system for funding public schools is...
View ArticleNew Report–PA’s Track Record on Private School Vouchers: Still no Accountability
Last week The Keystone Research Center issued an important and damning report focused on Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) private...
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