Education

Answers to Attacks on Cyber Schools

• Nathan Benefield
• April 17, 2008

One of our loyal readers asked for some help responding to attacks on Cyber School Funding and a lobbying effort by Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) in support of HB…

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Cyber Schools: Frequently Asked Questions

• April 15, 2008

Hearings are being held across the state on legislation for limits on spending by public cyber schools The proposed legislation is a response to criticism that cyber schools are not…

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Response to Cyber School News Release

• Nathan Benefield
• December 5, 2007

Following our call for rejection of unequal limits on cyber schools (which passed the House Education Committee today), I had an interesting email exchange with a public school employee.

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Cyber School Students Deserve Adequate Funding

• Nathan Benefield
• September 19, 2007

Thank you, Chairman Roebuck and members of this committee for inviting us to speak today. My name is Nathan Benefield, I am the Director of Policy Research with the…

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High school graduates not proficient

• Nathan Benefield
• September 5, 2007

Report from PA Partnerships for Children reveals that 45% of Pennsylvania high school graduates last year did not pass the 11th grade PSSA (on the first or 2nd try).

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The Truth About Cyber Schools

• July 25, 2007

An increasing number of parents are choosing Pennsylvania’s public cyber charter schools for their children every year—enrollment grew from 1,848 to almost 16,000 students between 2001 and 2006. Cyber…

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Another Anti-Cyber Assault by School Boards

• Nathan Benefield
• July 19, 2007

School boards continue to attack public cyber schools and call for limiting their spending (you never hear anyone calling for school districts to limit their spending) in the Pittsburgh…

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Public School Students Benefit from Private Managers

• Nathan Benefield
• May 29, 2007

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission soon will be voting on a budget for the school district. Facing a projected budget deficit, the Commission is looking for ways to reduce costs,…

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Change the Incentives in Education

• Matthew Brouillette
• May 2, 2007

Thank you Chairman Armstrong and members of the Appropriations Committee for the opportunity to discuss the impact of Governor Rendell’s education proposals. You have already heard and are going to…

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