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POLITICAL EMPOWERMENT PCPCS helps you get your voice heard by decision-makers
EDUCATORS PCPCS helps you learn how to improve your school—and, allows you to help others
On May 22nd teachers, students, principals, administrators and parents from charter schools across PA are descending on Harrisburg for the 6th Annual Day On The Hill to rally for charter school education. You don't want to miss this.
Funding will help drive quality and accountability in Pennsylvania charter schools The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) announced today that it has received a $1.14 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. The three-year grant was made with the goal of expanding efforts to drive quality and accountability in Pennsylvania charter schools, and [...] More »
After more than 14 years of operation and experience in Pennsylvania and from educators in 39 other states, we know what makes for high-performing charter schools – dedicated teachers, involved parents, individualized attention, exceptional curriculums, enlightened leadership, and strong authorizers. None of this is surprising, and with the exception of the strong authorizer, everyone is [...] More »
The U.S. Department of Education’s Charter Schools Program is requesting public comment on proposed plans for its new Exemplary Charter School Collaboration Awards competition. This competition (84.282P) is designed to create incentives for charter schools to collaborate with non-chartered public schools and non-chartered local educational agencies (LEAS) to share and transfer best educational and operational [...] More »
April 18, 2012 1. The Philadelphia School Partnership gave an overview of the GreatPhillySchools, the product line that will provide the community access to school information and performance data across all systems. The initiative will launch in fall 2012, in partnership with several other nonprofit stakeholders. 2. With the Gates’ proposal deadline approaching, the committee [...] More »
The following letter from the Executive Director of the PCPCS was published in the Pittsburgh Tribune on April 24, 2012: I find the initiatives and perceptions of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and the district representatives quoted in Eleanor Chute’s article (“School Boards Group Offers Aid to Charters,” April 16) ironic, misinformed and unfortunate for [...] More »