Charter Schools
City Life
Bill That Approved Cigarette Tax Guarantees More Charter Schools in Philadelphia
Philadelphians exhaled last week when the Pennsylvania House approved a $2-a-pack cigarette tax increase in the city, a move expected to generate up to $170 […]
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Notebook: City Charters Get $100M More for Special Ed Than They Spend
Dale Mezzacappa, a reporter at The Notebook, reports today that charter schools in Philadelphia get $100 million more for special education than they spend. The […]
City Life
Auditor: State Oversight of Charter Schools Is a ‘Mess’
After a series of public meetings around the commonwealth, state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale has called for an overhaul of the state’s charter school system. […]
City Life
Philadelphia’s School Crisis: A City On The Brink
My family and I moved out of Philadelphia last year. We did so reluctantly, and with a crippling heaping of guilt. It wasn’t the crime, […]