Cyber charter schools give parents an online alternative to brick and mortar public schools that may be failing their individual students, but legislation being introduced by Representative Curt Sonney of Erie County, may dramatically reduce the choices available. What is the problem with cyber charter schools? Currently, students can choose from a number of cyber […]
Why Are Erie Schools Teaching Students How to Protest?
County executive Kathy Dahlkemper, Erie Schools Superintendent Jay Badams, Sen. Sean Wiley, school board members, teachers and students rode two chartered buses to Harrisburg to stage a demonstration demanding more money for Erie schools. Whatever your views on the issue, teaching students to protest is not what parents have in mind when they send their […]
A Modest Proposal for Parents and Students in Erie Schools
Now that everyone knows the Erie schools are in dire financial straits, it’s time for each parent and student to take matters into their own hands. The proposal to close all four high schools has everyone’s attention, but does fixing the budget, however it’s done, mean the schools are fixed, too? Convince someone else or […]
