PhillyCharters

PCE is a non-partisan, 501c3 non-profit that serves as the central point of advocacy, communications, and community building for Philadelphia’s charter sector.

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Advocacy isn't a moment. It's a practice.

- 54 legislative meetings
- 39 schools visited
- 7 public statements to the School Board of Education.

Philly's 65,000 public charter school students deserve a relentless advocate in every room.
#PhillyCharters #CharterReform

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Our mission this year was simple...

We set out to "Elevate the E."

Here's what that looked like.

PCE's 2025-2026 Annual Report is live: https://t.co/SBKwXoUmL7

#PhillyCharters #CharterReform #Philly #MakingAnImpact

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Attributing School District of Phila's $300M operating deficit primarily to charter schools, while ignoring state funding inequities and the district's own costs, is incomplete accounting.

PCE CEO @drcass09 pushes back in today's @PhillyInquirer.

https://t.co/yjcYdIWnG8

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Philadelphia Charters for Excellence alleges the district has coerced charter schools into signing charter agreements with unfair terms. https://t.co/aEqFh3YbFd

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This Sunday on @WDASFM, PCE CEO Dr. Cassandra St. Vil and @BoysLatinPhilly CEO @SpeakHayes talk with Frankie Darcell about what the future of education in Philadelphia looks like and who is building it.

Nearly 65,000 Philadelphia students.
One fight for fairness. #Philly

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The School District of Phila has been forcing charter schools to sign illegal contracts or risk closure. Nearly 65,000 kids deserve better. Today, we did something about it.

We took them to court.

https://t.co/fEOLjhSfnx

#PhillyCharters #CharterReform

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The School Board launched Project RiSE to fix a broken charter evaluation system, but keeps making high-stakes renewal decisions under that same broken system. You can't fix it and use it at the same time. PCE is calling for a pause. #PhillyCharters #CharterReform

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Phila Board of Education launched Project RiSE because its charter evaluation system is broken.

Then kept using it to close schools.

We are calling on the Board to halt charter renewals until RiSE is done.

Full stop.

https://t.co/Xb2UAsrG26

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This week, PCE is celebrating every teacher in our member schools who shows up every day for Philadelphia's students.

Nearly 65,000 kids. Engaged classrooms. One profession that makes all of it possible.
Thank you. 🍎

#TeacherAppreciationWeek
#PhillyCharters #ThankATeacher

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Shoutout to our member school @BoysLatinCS!

5 seniors will walk TWICE this spring -- first from @CCPedu with an associate degree, then from @BoysLatinCS in June. Tuition-free. Debt-reduced. Ready for what's next.

This is what charter schools do.

📰 https://t.co/9vFmKUdA3j

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ICYMI:

Last week, PCE met with PHL Councilmembers to push one clear message: Philly students must be part of the decisions shaping their futures.

Nearly 40% of Philly students can no longer be an afterthought.

The goal: Nearly 65,000 students at the table, not on the menu.

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ICYMI: @CharterFolk's Jed Wallace featured a recent article from PCE Board Chair @SpeakHayes in last week's Mid-Week Whip-Around.

Philadelphia's authorization system is broken.

And the conversation is going national.

https://t.co/QGy4OAJiog

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PCE CEO Dr. Cassandra St. Vil has written something every Philadelphia family needs to read: a clear-eyed, passionate case for fixing a system that has stood between our children and the education they deserve.

The solution exists. The moment is now.

https://t.co/axsJeF6QND

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PCE CEO Dr. Cassandra St. Vil and David Rossi were on Capitol Hill this past Friday making the case for Philadelphia's public charter school families.

Quality education for Philly's kids isn't a partisan issue...it's a priority.🏛️

#PhillyCharters #CharterReform #EdAdvocacy

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ICYMI...

"When a decision-maker has a material interest in one outcome over another, the integrity of the process is compromised: regardless of whether that interest is consciously acted upon."

Read the recent article from Dr. Cassandra St Vil, CEO.

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Philadelphia's charter authorization system has a documented conflict of interest.

That's not an accusation.
It's in an independent legal finding.
On the record.

Our CEO Dr. Cassandra St Vil, has a proposal.

Read it: https://t.co/KRQ9dArKSv

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PCE Board Chair Dr. William Hayes on why Project RiSE alone isn't enough, and what accountability without conflict actually looks like.

-PCE Board Chair Dr. William Hayes.

Full piece linked.

#PhillyCharters #EducationReform #EducationPolicy

https://t.co/gzd2Ryj5Zt

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DYK?

D.C. had the same problem Philly has today.
They fixed it.

In 1996, they created an independent charter board. Today, they have one of the strongest charter sectors in the country. Philly can do the same, but only if we push.

RT if 65,000 charter students deserve better.

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Philadelphia's charter authorization system has a documented conflict of interest.

That's not an accusation.
It's in an independent legal finding.
On the record.

Our CEO Dr. Cassandra St Vil, has a proposal.

Read it: https://t.co/KRQ9dArKSv

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PSA: The conflict of interest in Philadelphia's charter authorization isn't a partisan claim.

It was documented by an independent law firm in 2023, not by PCE, not by charter advocates. By outside counsel.

This is on the record.

#FixAuthorization
#Facts #PhillyCharters

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ICYMI

The loudest debate...missing the most basic facts. Check out the recent article by Malik Boyd, Dir of Advocacy Comms at PCE.

#raisingourvoices
#educationinPhilly
#charterschools

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What if the loudest debate in Philly education is missing the most basic facts?

Nearly 65,000 students.
80+ schools.
1 in 4 public school kids.

New piece from PCE's Dir of Advocacy Communications, @MalikBoyd. Read it. Share it.

https://t.co/GcAE5rChDH