Education

Cyber School Funding Formula: The Wrong Mixture

  • July 1, 2008

State Rep. Karen Beyer, along with the Rendell administration, lobbyists for the teachers unions, and the school boards association, has been doggedly seeking to reduce funding for Pennsylvania’s public cyber…

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Education

Real Savings: Cutting Cybers vs. School Choice

  • Nathan Benefield
  • June 4, 2008

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Post-Gazette have stories on the renewed push to reduce cyber school funding. Rep. Karen Beyer and other proponents are touting that: The bill…

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Legislators Seek ‘Accountability’ For Cyber Charters

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 11, 2007

Article in today’s Evening Bulletin on the battle over cyber schools. Karen Beyer claims that “school choice proponents have paid lobbyists a sizeable amount to argue against HB 446:…

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What do “highly-paid lobbyists” want?

  • Nathan Benefield
  • December 5, 2007

I had to share this email exchange between Simon Campbell of StopTeacherStrikes and Rep. Karen Beyer, prime sponsor of HB 446 (which, in the name of “accountability” includes…

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