The voucher advocates tried to pull a fast one in Pennsylvania earlier this week. They brought their voucher bill to a fast vote in cipommittee, without public hearings. They knew that public hearings would not go well because the basic problem in the Keystone State is inequitable funding, not school choice. The state is already overrun by charters and cybercharters (two of the state’s leaders of the cybercharter industry were charged with corruption).
But as Peter Greene reports, the voucher pushers didn’t have the votes in committee.
For the moment, the Trump-DeVos agenda is stalled in Pennsylvania.
The Network for Public Education alerted its 19,000 supporters in Pennsylvania to help our allies in the state.
But because of perfidious Democrats, the voucher forces will be back, hoping to extract public money for religious schools.
Here is a thought: hold a public referendum. Let the people decide.
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Great news! Pennsylvania is already in dire financial straits from so much charter drain. I fear vouchers may pop up again if they figure out a way to sell to the voters since there are so many legislators that benefit from the charter industry. Pennsylvanians should work to vote out the crooked members of the legislature.
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Those pushing the voucher game will surely keep changing up the name: from “tax credit scholarships” and “educational savings accounts” to who knows what’s next. Fooling the citizenry into participation appears to be word one with this particular opportunistic cancer.
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Of course, marketing is part of the tactics in bringing about educational reform, and giving parents more control over their children’s education.
When life insurance firms started calling their product “estate planning”, sales went up.
“All warfare is deception” – Sun-Tzu
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The Network for Public Education alerted its 19,000 supporters in Pennsylvania to help our allies in the state.
That is way, way better than not weighing in. I hope that this helps and with a bonus of recruiting more activists.
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That’s why NPE exists. We have thousands of supporters in every state. We can turn on a dime and send out action alerts, and generate immediate responses to legislators.
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I’m glad. Pennsylvania seems to have a pro-public education governor (now) so I bet that helps.
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More charter fun in N.C.:
Want public emails from this NC charter school? Write a check for $7,500 up front
http://amp.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article182049876.html
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