Tracy Smith, Ed.D.
@tsmithpsd
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Retired public school administrator. Always a public school advocate. Wife, mom, and lifelong learner. Thoughts shared are my own. #edleadership
Allentown, PA
Joined November 2011
"Education, like democracy, has long been a work in progress. But that progress has come by remaining fixed on our fundamental ideas, not questioning them because of our own failures to reach them—and certainly not replacing them with something else."
time.com
America’s education story is ultimately a story of the tension between the idea that the nation’s democracy rests on the foundation of education and the inability to ever fully deliver on that...
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RT @lfeinberg: Yass has donated millions to politicians over the years — one in three Pennsylvania legislators have received campaign contr….
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RT @lfeinberg: Pa. budget stalls again: What will it take to break the cycle of delays?
witf.org
Editor’s note: This story was updated at 6:00 p.m. to note Michigan, too, has a late budget.Millions of state doll […]
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RT @EdVotersPA: A new report by @PennLive details how Pennsylvania’s largest cyber charter school, CCA, just slammed the door on public tra….
pennlive.com
The move comes after PennLive reported the CEO of the Commonwealth Charter Academy was paid $700K from the school’s bank.
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RT @FairDisPAChestr: So many #bipartisan solutions blocked for years by leaders who answer to donors, not voters. The more we understand th….
fixharrisburg.com
Reform of PA cyber charter school funding has been a top legislative priority of the PA School Board Association for years. Pennsylvania is one of just 4 states that require local school districts to...
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RT @basdjacksilva: 'Put our students first': Pa. school districts facing financial strain as state budget remains unresolved .
wfmz.com
It's time for back to school and it's also time for the state to pass its budget. Lawmakers are now weeks past the deadline, and that is impacting education funding.
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RT @FairDisPAChestr: Auditor Generals from both parties, almost %100 of @PSBA members recommend major cyber charter reform. HB 1500 passed….
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RT @lfeinberg: PA: Pressure Grows and Cyber Charters Continue to Stonewall.There is a lot of noise these days around the issue of funding c….
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"Local public school districts – already underfunded by the state by $4 billion – pay over $1 billion in cyber charter tuition a year because, when a local student enrolls in a cyber charter, school districts pay that cyber charter what the district spends per student.".
.@childrenfirstpa: A Better Deal for Kids – Aug 15, 2025.Cyber Charter Reform is No Game.
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RT @gill_mcgoldrick: There have only been 14 instances of voter fraud across 149 ballots in Pennsylvania over the last 10 years, @ByCarterW….
spotlightpa.org
Over the past decade, there were 14 instances in which at least one fraudulent ballot was cast, according to law enforcement.
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RT @lfeinberg: Pa.’s largest cyber charter hides detailed financial report, as lawmakers debate reforms.The decreased transparency comes as….
pennlive.com
The move comes after PennLive reported the CEO of the Commonwealth Charter Academy was paid $700K from the school’s bank.
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RT @PASchoolsWork: PA Schools Work condemns the flat budget passed by @PASenateGOP, which would be a devastating cut to public education fu….
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RT @SpotlightPA: New: Pennsylvania’s budget impasse is deepening. The state Senate passed proposals to fund public transit and government o….
spotlightpa.org
A GOP bill to send more money to SEPTA and other transit agencies would pull hundreds of millions of dollars from a special fund.
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RT @FIxHarrisburg: 💰1/3 Wondering what issues are holding up the PA budget? Our Fix Harrisburg team has posted reports on three top stickin….
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RT @lfeinberg: Financial myths and exaggerations fuel Pa.’s cyber charter school debate .This is the first of a two-part series looking at….
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RT @PASchoolsWork: All 1.7 million PA public school students will be back in their classrooms in four weeks. The @pasenategop must fulfill….
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RT @FairDisPA: Rural voters are fighting #schoolchoice farce in multiple states. Funded by wealthy donors happy to dismantle public ed & le….
paysonroundup.com
School vouchers aren’t about choice
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RT @GovernorShapiro: I presented my budget to our state legislature 186 days ago. Since then, the Senate has only been in session for 25….
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