Are you ready for the best explainer yet for the screwed-up state of Pennsylvania's charter funding when it comes to special ed students?
Here at the Institute, we're fans of the work of Research for Action. The Philly based research group is meticulously independent and well-conceived and executed. We're previously looked at their work on test-based (poverty-punishing) assessment, the failure of cyber-charters, and the astonishing PA gap between students and teachers of color.
Now they've produced a video outlining the troubles with Pennsylvania's formula for funding special ed in charter schools.
This matters because right now Governor Tom Wolf is trying to fix this, and charter school advocates are screaming that the governor is trying to cut their funding. That's technically a true, but in spirit, it's a lie. PA's charter schools continue to CONTINUE READING: CURMUDGUCATION: PA: The Special Ed Funding Triple Whammy