Sandra Miller
@smiller2043.bsky.social
Education advocate
Education Voters PA and PA WInS
Education Voters PA and PA WInS
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Leechburg Area among 4 districts suing state's largest cyber school for tuition costs triblive.com/local/valley...
Leechburg Area among 4 districts suing state's largest cyber school for tuition costs
Leechburg Area is among four districts that have filed a lawsuit against the state’s largest cyber charter school asking that tuition be dropped for local students. The suit claims that Commonwe...
triblive.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Leechburg Area among 4 districts suing state's largest cyber school for tuition costs triblive.com/local/valley...
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We hear about how cuts to the Department of Education are impacting our classrooms, and how parents and teachers can unite to fight back w/ @neatoday.bsky.social / @neapresident.bsky.social.
https://www.momsrising.org/bt29sep25/?source=bsky
https://www.momsrising.org/bt29sep25/?source=bsky
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We hear about how cuts to the Department of Education are impacting our classrooms, and how parents and teachers can unite to fight back w/ @neatoday.bsky.social / @neapresident.bsky.social.
https://www.momsrising.org/bt29sep25/?source=bsky
https://www.momsrising.org/bt29sep25/?source=bsky
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Ohio property tax debate pits homeowner relief against school funding
“We understand the need to bring relief to our citizens, but not at the expense of our children.”
by Anna Staver
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
“We understand the need to bring relief to our citizens, but not at the expense of our children.”
by Anna Staver
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
Ohio property tax debate pits homeowner relief against school funding
The debate over property tax reforms comes down to a clash between Republicans and Democrats over who should bear the burden of tax relief. Everyone wants relief, but no one agrees on who should carry...
www.cleveland.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Ohio property tax debate pits homeowner relief against school funding
“We understand the need to bring relief to our citizens, but not at the expense of our children.”
by Anna Staver
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
“We understand the need to bring relief to our citizens, but not at the expense of our children.”
by Anna Staver
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
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PEN America reports that nearly 4,000 unique book titles were challenged for banning in the U.S. in 2024. Take a look at the titles.
What are the top 10 most banned books in the US? See PEN America's list.
PEN America reports that nearly 4,000 unique book titles were challenged for banning in the U.S. in 2024. Take a look at the titles.
bit.ly
October 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
PEN America reports that nearly 4,000 unique book titles were challenged for banning in the U.S. in 2024. Take a look at the titles.
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A “rise in school vouchers” is once again forcing public school closures — now in Amphi schools, one of Tucson’s most historic districts.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
October 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A “rise in school vouchers” is once again forcing public school closures — now in Amphi schools, one of Tucson’s most historic districts.
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...
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Opinion by Thomas Suddes
Ohio homeowners are staggering under ever-higher property taxes not because of runaway school boards but because the General Assembly has slashed the state’s share of public school costs.
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Ohio homeowners are staggering under ever-higher property taxes not because of runaway school boards but because the General Assembly has slashed the state’s share of public school costs.
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
What lawmakers aren’t telling you about how they’re forcing school districts to the ballot: Thomas Suddes
Statehouse flim-flam, coupled with huge legislative subsidies for “vouchers,” which help pay private school tuition for K-12 pupils, leave school boards no choice but to repeatedly ask voters for levi...
www.cleveland.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Opinion by Thomas Suddes
Ohio homeowners are staggering under ever-higher property taxes not because of runaway school boards but because the General Assembly has slashed the state’s share of public school costs.
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
Ohio homeowners are staggering under ever-higher property taxes not because of runaway school boards but because the General Assembly has slashed the state’s share of public school costs.
www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion
Ohio’s public schools are being crushed while charter schools get millions in new funding
-Cleveland Plain Dealer Podcast
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Ohio’s public schools are being crushed while charter schools get millions in new funding
-Cleveland Plain Dealer Podcast
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Ohio’s public schools are being crushed while charter schools get millions in new funding
Ohio's charter school funding expands amid debate, with concerns about public education's future and potential impacts on urban, low-income students.
www.cleveland.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Opinion
Ohio’s public schools are being crushed while charter schools get millions in new funding
-Cleveland Plain Dealer Podcast
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
Ohio’s public schools are being crushed while charter schools get millions in new funding
-Cleveland Plain Dealer Podcast
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/09...
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Thank you to the Interfaith coalition for this panel: If we want to create opportunity for all, the corollary has to be that we create schools that are safe and welcoming for everyone. Glad that I was able to join this important discussion. baptistnews.com/article/inte...
Interfaith work called key to preserving religious liberty in public education – Baptist News Global
“Interfaith work is at the center of the work to save this country,” Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum told a summit on religious freedom.
baptistnews.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thank you to the Interfaith coalition for this panel: If we want to create opportunity for all, the corollary has to be that we create schools that are safe and welcoming for everyone. Glad that I was able to join this important discussion. baptistnews.com/article/inte...
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The fraud & abuse within AZ’s off-the-rails, $1B ESA voucher program must be stopped! Watch as Dr. Teresa Ruiz, candidate for AZ Supt of Public Instruction, commits to rigorous oversight of the program — and to stop Horne’s irresponsible practice of blindly approving any & all purchases under $2000.
September 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The fraud & abuse within AZ’s off-the-rails, $1B ESA voucher program must be stopped! Watch as Dr. Teresa Ruiz, candidate for AZ Supt of Public Instruction, commits to rigorous oversight of the program — and to stop Horne’s irresponsible practice of blindly approving any & all purchases under $2000.
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Tax bills should disclose hidden cost of vouchers and charter schools, advocates say www.wortfm.org/discl... #SchoolVoucherScam
September 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tax bills should disclose hidden cost of vouchers and charter schools, advocates say www.wortfm.org/discl... #SchoolVoucherScam
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Opinion
So-called choice programs like vouchers only drain funds from the neediest public schools and subsidize the parents of private-school kids. Vouchers and school choice programs will only take us backward.
Patty Kruszewski, Richmond, Virgina
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
So-called choice programs like vouchers only drain funds from the neediest public schools and subsidize the parents of private-school kids. Vouchers and school choice programs will only take us backward.
Patty Kruszewski, Richmond, Virgina
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Private schools are no better than public. School choice will take us backward. | Your Turn
It's back-to-school season across the U.S. and we wanted to know: Do you have faith in America's public school system? Here's how readers responded.
www.usatoday.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Opinion
So-called choice programs like vouchers only drain funds from the neediest public schools and subsidize the parents of private-school kids. Vouchers and school choice programs will only take us backward.
Patty Kruszewski, Richmond, Virgina
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
So-called choice programs like vouchers only drain funds from the neediest public schools and subsidize the parents of private-school kids. Vouchers and school choice programs will only take us backward.
Patty Kruszewski, Richmond, Virgina
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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💥 NEW: This week, two Colorado residents pleaded guilty to defrauding AZ's ESA voucher program for $110,000 involving 43 fake "ghost children." The voucher program's lack of oversight and accountability makes it an easy target for fraud, leaving taxpayers on the hook for rampant misuse and theft.
August 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
💥 NEW: This week, two Colorado residents pleaded guilty to defrauding AZ's ESA voucher program for $110,000 involving 43 fake "ghost children." The voucher program's lack of oversight and accountability makes it an easy target for fraud, leaving taxpayers on the hook for rampant misuse and theft.
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🔥 OPINION: “Let’s stop pretending school vouchers are about ‘choice.’ They’re about robbing public schools to subsidize private ones. It’s a slick shell game: tax dollars meant to educate every child are siphoned off and handed to private and religious institutions."
August 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🔥 OPINION: “Let’s stop pretending school vouchers are about ‘choice.’ They’re about robbing public schools to subsidize private ones. It’s a slick shell game: tax dollars meant to educate every child are siphoned off and handed to private and religious institutions."
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"But what he describes as innovative is part of a coordinated, well-funded campaign to defund and depopulate traditional public schools — to replace them with privately managed institutions operating with public dollars." @dianeravitch.bsky.social
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
Jeb Bush is wrong about charters. They are gutting Florida’s public schools | Opinion
A former educator says Florida is engaging in a coordinated campaign to undermine traditional public schools. | Opinion
www.miamiherald.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"But what he describes as innovative is part of a coordinated, well-funded campaign to defund and depopulate traditional public schools — to replace them with privately managed institutions operating with public dollars." @dianeravitch.bsky.social
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
Read more at: www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-e...
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As back-to-school season nears, Philly teacher shortages remain
Philly has a need for more certified teachers. Experts say a solution is multifaceted.
billypenn.com/2025/08/04/p...
Philly has a need for more certified teachers. Experts say a solution is multifaceted.
billypenn.com/2025/08/04/p...
Philly teacher shortages persist as school start nears
Research shows Philadelphia’s schools don’t have enough certified teachers. Experts say there are solutions, but the issue is complicated.
billypenn.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
As back-to-school season nears, Philly teacher shortages remain
Philly has a need for more certified teachers. Experts say a solution is multifaceted.
billypenn.com/2025/08/04/p...
Philly has a need for more certified teachers. Experts say a solution is multifaceted.
billypenn.com/2025/08/04/p...
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New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears
In other words, the vast majority of voucher money is going to parents – most of them well-off – who never had any intention of sending their kids to public schools.
ncnewsline.com/2025/08/04/n...
In other words, the vast majority of voucher money is going to parents – most of them well-off – who never had any intention of sending their kids to public schools.
ncnewsline.com/2025/08/04/n...
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears • NC Newsline
School vouchers in our state have nothing to do with quote “opportunity” and everything to do with undermining and privatizing public education.
ncnewsline.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears
In other words, the vast majority of voucher money is going to parents – most of them well-off – who never had any intention of sending their kids to public schools.
ncnewsline.com/2025/08/04/n...
In other words, the vast majority of voucher money is going to parents – most of them well-off – who never had any intention of sending their kids to public schools.
ncnewsline.com/2025/08/04/n...
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Hundreds of Philadelphia-area parents have reached settlements with school districts after challenging the adequacy of their special education services.
But that doesn’t mean the problems that prompted parents to sue in the first place are getting fixed.
But that doesn’t mean the problems that prompted parents to sue in the first place are getting fixed.
Secretive special education settlements are costing school districts millions. Parents say districts aren’t fixing their programs.
Lawyers say affluent parents who can afford to hire them, and who are dissatisfied with their child's IEP, are more likely to sue a school district than poor parents.
www.inquirer.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Hundreds of Philadelphia-area parents have reached settlements with school districts after challenging the adequacy of their special education services.
But that doesn’t mean the problems that prompted parents to sue in the first place are getting fixed.
But that doesn’t mean the problems that prompted parents to sue in the first place are getting fixed.
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$33.5M cyber charter school project on track for mid-2026 opening on Montage Mountain
The project comes at a time of uncertainty for the future of cyber charter school funding, as superintendents & some legislators call for reform .@HofiusHallTT
www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
The project comes at a time of uncertainty for the future of cyber charter school funding, as superintendents & some legislators call for reform .@HofiusHallTT
www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
$33.5 million cyber charter school project on track for mid-2026 opening on Montage Mountain
A former insurance office building on Montage Mountain will soon be a home for the state’s largest cyber charter school. Commonwealth Charter Academy hopes the project, in both Scranton and Moosic, wi...
www.wvia.org
August 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
$33.5M cyber charter school project on track for mid-2026 opening on Montage Mountain
The project comes at a time of uncertainty for the future of cyber charter school funding, as superintendents & some legislators call for reform .@HofiusHallTT
www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
The project comes at a time of uncertainty for the future of cyber charter school funding, as superintendents & some legislators call for reform .@HofiusHallTT
www.wvia.org/news/local/2...
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August 2, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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One school. 23,000 students. 4.7% math proficiency.
Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results.
#TooBigToSucceed
Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...
Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results.
#TooBigToSucceed
Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...
August 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One school. 23,000 students. 4.7% math proficiency.
Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results.
#TooBigToSucceed
Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...
Meet Commonwealth Charter Academy—America’s largest cyber charter.
Public dollars. Dismal results.
#TooBigToSucceed
Read more in our latest report #CharterSchoolReckoning networkforpubliceduc...
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NEW: Over 865,000 PA workers would benefit from higher minimum wage, KRC analysis says
https://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/over-865000-pa-workers-would-benefit-from-higher-minimum-wage/acd601a3-41e4-41c7-9524-0b21474da2b0?
https://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/over-865000-pa-workers-would-benefit-from-higher-minimum-wage/acd601a3-41e4-41c7-9524-0b21474da2b0?
Public News Service | News in the Public Interest
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July 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
NEW: Over 865,000 PA workers would benefit from higher minimum wage, KRC analysis says
https://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/over-865000-pa-workers-would-benefit-from-higher-minimum-wage/acd601a3-41e4-41c7-9524-0b21474da2b0?
https://app.publicnewsservice.org/story/over-865000-pa-workers-would-benefit-from-higher-minimum-wage/acd601a3-41e4-41c7-9524-0b21474da2b0?
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Vouchers Deliver Blow to Rural Schools: ‘They’re Taking Money From Our Students.’ www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
Vouchers Deliver Blow to Rural Schools: ‘They’re Taking Money From Our Students.’ | NEA
School voucher programs have a proven record of failure and are especially harmful to rural students, families, and communities. ‘Why are we diverting funds from our schools,’ asks an Oklahoma educato...
www.nea.org
July 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Vouchers Deliver Blow to Rural Schools: ‘They’re Taking Money From Our Students.’ www.nea.org/nea-today/al...
Schools, transit agencies on high alert as Pa. ends another week without a finished budget www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/07...
PA budget delay puts education and transit programs at risk
Key Pennsylvania lawmakers say budget talks are progressing, but privately, they are struggling to agree on how much to spend.
www.spotlightpa.org
July 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Schools, transit agencies on high alert as Pa. ends another week without a finished budget www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/07...
New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost penncapital-star.com/2025/07/11/r...
New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate.
penncapital-star.com
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost penncapital-star.com/2025/07/11/r...
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New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost penncapital-star.com/2025/07/11/r...
New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost • Pennsylvania Capital-Star
A national private school voucher program is now law, though the school choice initiative comes with a huge caveat. States also choose — whether or not to participate.
penncapital-star.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
New national school voucher program included in mega bill, with no cap on cost penncapital-star.com/2025/07/11/r...