Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 2/4/2020
Gov. Tom Wolf’s 2021 budget proposal released Tuesday calls for an increase of more than $400 million in funding for public schools, built in part on his pressure on the Legislature to seek comprehensive charter school law reform.
PennLive – 9/3/19
Legislators in Pennsylvania should know that my oldest son – a well-behaved, honor-roll student – attempted to take his own life. Internal struggles had changed school from a place of learning to a place of fear and despair for him. Feeling trapped, he almost succeeded in taking his own life and shattering ours.
National Coalition for Public School Options
Test scores play only a small role in determining where parents choose to send their children to school, according to a new survey of 1,000 parents commissioned by the National Coalition for Public School Options (PSO).
Parents instead value school safety, teacher quality, and a generally positive learning environment, which were all considered “important” by more than 90% of surveyed parents.
National Coalition for Public School Options
Last week Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie) solidified his legacy in Pennsylvania as the man who proposed to kick the largest number of students out of their public schools of choice.
“Rep. Sonney – Please do the right thing and withdraw this terrible, school-closing bill at your first opportunity,” PSO Board President Colleen Cook said.
National Coalition for Public School Options
Gov. Tom Wolf is intent on severely curtailing school choice options in Pennsylvania by cutting funding, capping enrollment, and putting a moratorium on all new cyber schools.
Gov. Wolf is taking these actions, which reduce choice primarily for low-income and minority students, even though he himself benefited from school choice as a student.
National Coalition for Public School Options
State Rep. Curt Sonney (R-Erie) will forever be remembered as the legislator that attempted the largest public school closure and dislocation of students in the history of Pennsylvania.
Rep. Sonney introduced a bill today that would close all public schools currently operating under the cyber charter school law in Pennsylvania, throwing 35,000 students out of the public school their family decided was best for them.