Pennsylvania is on its way to becoming the Wild West for Cybercharters, where anything goes, so long as it’s online.
The state already has 16 Cybercharters. Now it is considering another 8 of them. The only states with more students enrolled in virtual charters are Ohio and Arizona.
This likely expansion will occur despite repeated evidence that the academic quality of these virtual schools is inferior and that the costs are inflated. Also, the money to fund their bloated budgets comes out of the budget of public schools, so its a lose-lose proposition.
The fact that the state’s largest Cybercharter is under investigation by the FBI is unlikely to have any bearing on the state’s decision.
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The answer is very simple in a fascist country as ours technically is and has been for awhile. You can buy anyone on the cheap here. It is just that simple. We talk about corruption in other countries and yet who but the U.S. could take down the finances of almost the entire planet and do nothing about the situation? Only we could and did for the profit of a very few at the very top of the financial system. We are “El Corrupto.” Have you noticed that the dems and rats do not argue over education and are basically on the same page? “When there is big money, there is no party” is one of my favorite old sayings. Just think about it as a friend of mines grandfather taught him “I hear real good, but I see a whole lot better.” “Do not listen to the silvery tongued devils, just watch what they do.”
VP Biden’s brother (Frank) hasn’t given up on opening (now) 50 – 70 MORE cyber charters in FL. He currently has 8 charters. They are all academically-failing schools. All — of — them!
One folded due to fiscal problems and legal problems involving phony enrollment numbers, not paying the staff, asking the staff to phony up curriculum offerings in reports to the state.
Now, he’s in the process of converting the remaining six (6) Maverick Charters to 100% cyber charters.
Welcome to the Sunshine State.
Pa. auditor general blasts cyber-charter funding, again
http://thenotebook.org/blog/125416/pa-auditor-general-blasts-cyber-charter-funding-again
Money talks in this state and Corbett would be happy to privatize all schools.
Not surprising. Pennsylvania is the only state that never had any kind of education requirements for ESOL students. Not an “endorsement” or a teacher’s certification. Some workshop trainings and referrals to website. So PA has always been lax on education. Not sure why.