The Governor is now taking aim
at cyber charters as if cutting their funds will close the state budget gap.
Not exact matches
According to a Solanco School District Press release, «Solanco's SVA does not infringe upon [
cyber charter school choice], but rather offers an additional choice which provides a proven and solid academic curriculum,
at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.»
Boehm extolls the
charter school system: «Pennsylvania boasts a robust
charter school system that includes
cyber charter schools; the Education Improvement Tax Credit, or EITC, which provides an average scholarship of $ 1,000 to low - income families who want their children to attend private schools; and rules that allow parents to teach their students
at home.»
If you look
at just about every independent analysis of the performance of students in the full - time
cyber charter schools compared to their traditional brick - and - mortar counterparts, they do quite poorly.
Or, you can make a
cyber visit to the «blended learning» Epic
Charter School, whose students are required to meet a teacher (
at a convenient, to be determined location) only once every 20 days.
The student would be banned from enrolling in a
cyber charter for
at least a year until he or she meets the minimum requirement.
On Wednesday, Rep. Steve McCarter, D - Montgomery, and Rep. Mike Sturla, D - Lancaster, pitched legislation
at a news conference to put a cap on funding to independent
cyber charter schools if they are located in a school district that already offers its own
cyber program.
Among the bundle of Republican education bills snaking its way through Lansing is a pair of measures that,
at first glance, appears to capitalize on national bipartisan trends in education reform: two bills that would dramatically expand both
charter schools and
cyber schools in Michigan.
Following such reports of poor academic outcomes and questionable ethical practices, our research team
at Penn State has decided to continue to study the
cyber charter school movement in Pennsylvania to find out more.
Our research
at Penn State on
cyber charter schools has examined enrollments within Pennsylvania and shows that the picture is more complicated.