@JanMurphy It has been such a pleasure to read your insightful and smart writing for many years. You leave huge shoes for someone to fill. Wishing you the best with what is next for you!
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Susan Spicka
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Susan Spicka
@SusanSpicka
Parent of two beautiful girls who love their public schools, executive director of @EdVotersPA, tweets are my own.
She/her شامل ہوئے Ocak 2012
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Today is my last day of wearing a reporter while fortunate enough to be sitting for 24 years in a catbird seat watching Pa. state government through its triumphs and pitfalls. It’s been interesting, even comical at times. Thanks for the memories!
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HAPPENING NOW: petitioners and attorneys in the school funding case say the adoption of a 2024-25 #PABudget is only a small piece of what's needed. Without a plan to close adequacy gaps w/ a specific timeline, constitutional compliance is not being addressed.
#FinishTheJob
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Tell state lawmakers to reform cyber charter school funding. Pennsylvanians’ property taxes should be invested in educating students, not wasted on advertising, gift cards, and lucrative contracts or packed into cyber charter asset hoards.
actionnetwork.org/letters/pa-nee…
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yeah.......... No.
#SchoolVouchersAreALie #NoToSchoolVouchers #PAedfunding #DefendPublicSchools #lifelinescholarships 🚮
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Constitutional compliance requires a long-term commitment to fill the adequacy gap for students in every community.
HB2370 proposed a seven year plan and was passed by a bipartisan majority of the House and endorsed by the governor.
It's time to get it done.
#PABudget
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Ed Voters PA report indicates 'staggering growth' in cyber charter assets, millions spent on advertising @IndianaGazette @pahousegop @pasenategop @pahousedems @pasenatedems tiogapublishing.com/news/state/edv…
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Thank you @RepMcClinton for your leadership and your commitment to PA's public school students!
Rep. Joanna McClinton@RepMcClinton
Our children cannot wait for us to do anything but invest every single tax dollar back into public schools! the @pahousedems are fighting for our #YoungestConstituents and public education! Thank you to all of our community advocates for joining us at the Capitol! 📚✏️📓📝📗🖍️
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We delivered this letter from organizations that oppose private school vouchers to @GovernorShapiro Pennsylvania students need constitutional public school funding, not more vouchers for discriminatory private & religious schools. edvoterspa.org/wp-content/upl…
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Thank you @RepFiedler! It's time to #FinishTheJob to fully and fairly #FundPAPublicSchools! #PABudget #PASchoolsWork
Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler@RepFiedler
So proud to join more than 200 parents, school staff & students with @MaketheRoadPA to #FundPAPublicSchools! Right now, our schools are failing to keep kids safe and healthy. But we can change that by passing full education funding in this year’s budget and for years to come. 📚
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@EdFuller_PSU On Wednesday we are scheduled to have 600+ people coming to Harrisburg for a rally on the Capitol steps (outside!) and visits with lawmakers supporting constitutional state funding for public schools. Hoping that will be the day when it doesn’t rain. 🤞
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Dear @GovernorShapiro, no additional tax $$ should be sent to private & religious schools that discriminate against students, including those who are disabled, pregnant, or part of the LGBTQ+ community. @PaHouseDems @PAHouseGOP @PASenateGOP @PASenateGOP newrepublic.com/article/180820…
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Pennsylvanians have spent $2.6 BILLION on school vouchers since 2001. We do not know who has benefitted from vouchers or what impact this spending has had on student achievement. @palan57 @KRC_PA forbes.com/sites/petergre…
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We want to know how much cyber charter schools are spending on wasteful items like food trucks in the audit by @PAAuditorGen Tim DeFoor.
We need transparency and accountability of taxpayer $ to ensure that every child has equitable educational opportunities in PA.
#PACyberAudit
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Pennsylvania's constitutional obligation isn't fulfilled by funding school vouchers. Let's prioritize investing in a comprehensive, effective, and contemporary public education for ALL students.
#PublicEducationMatters #InvestInPublicSchools #ConstitutionalCommitment
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"Money was so tight on one campus, that one former Universal teacher told investigators she resorted to having her students cook and sell lunches to faculty members to raise funds to pay for basic classroom supplies...Meanwhile, its top executive was draining Universal’s coffers"
Jeremy Roebuck@jeremyrroebuck
NEW: Former exec at Philly music icon Kenny Gamble’s nonprofit convicted of embezzlement, bribery The verdict comes less than two years after Rahim Islam was acquitted of bribing another official -- Philly City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson inquirer.com/news/rahim-isl…
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In PA, private school vouchers pour millions of dollars into religious schools that promote Christian nationalism and hate. The Dayspring Christian Academy in Lancaster Co. is even bringing in Tucker Carlson as a speaker. edvoterspa.org/2024/03/our-te…
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Our senior attorney @Dan_UA testified about the game-changing long-term plan on the table for constitutional public school funding.
“We cannot let another generation of children pass by before getting this right.”
pubintlaw.org/cases-and-proj…
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In PA, tax dollars fund vouchers for religious schools that kick out girls who get pregnant. Do the PA religious voucher schools’ church leaders believe that rape victims deserved to be raped like the pastor at this NC voucher school? We do not know…
edvoterspa.org/wp-content/upl…
Justin Parmenter@JustinParmenter
North Carolina pastor who leads a private school which has received more than $3.5 million in taxpayer voucher funding says women who wear shorts invite rape because "a man's a man." Our public tax dollars shouldn't be subsidizing violent misogynistic rhetoric. #ncpol #nced
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