PCPCS Begins Search for New Executive Director
The PCPCS Board is seeking a highly qualified, visionary, and committed successor. In the past few years, PCPCS has seen increases in membership, membership dues and general participation by member schools across the state. In 2019, PCPCS launched a statewide communications campaign called “143K Rising” to elevate the voices of...
PCPCS Statement on Special Education Funding
HARRISBURG (June 30, 2020) – The following is a statement from the Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) on a report issued by an anti-charter group calling for funding cuts to special education students in public charter schools. "Thousands of families of special education students have chosen to leave...
PCPCS Offers Resources to Help You Prepare to go Back to School!
The PCPCS Team been working hard to provide you with the resources you will need to go back to school in the fall. Part of that work has been to connect schools with businesses able to provide access to the various Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and other related items to combat...
Public Charter Schools Take A Stand Against Racial Injustice
June 23, 2020 – Public charter schools in Pennsylvania stand for inclusion, diversity and educational opportunity. Charter school leaders and their staff have dedicated themselves to improving the lives of Black children by providing them with an education that meets their unique needs. In fact, nearly 43 percent of Pennsylvania’s...
PCPCS Announces Summer Webinar Series!
PCPCS is thrilled to announce our 2020 Summer Webinar series! PCPCS would like to help you prepare to go back to school by providing a webinar series covering all of the topics you need to know about before reopening! In these one-hour sessions, our partners and member schools will share their experience...
Juneteenth 2020 – Reflecting on the Past; Educating Students for a Better Tomorrow
(Harrisburg - June 19, 2020) - Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union Army soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War was over and enslaved Black people were free. It was two-and-a-half years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Today, 155 years later, we must...
