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费城卓越特许学校（PCE）是城市的主要倡导联盟为公立实体特许学校；推进公平机会、严格问责制和系统性影响，造福费城各地的特许学校社区。
63% of Philadelphia residents support more public charter schools
According to a recent survey commissioned by Philly for Great Public Schools as reported in Chalkbeat.
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PCE releases 2026 Annual Report
PCE made significant progress advocating for Philadelphia's public charter school community. Click the link below to read the annual report.
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PCE responds to recommendations for recent renewal cohort
The Board is scheduled to vote on draft non-renewal notices at its May 28 meeting. PCE has called on the District to pause nonrenewal decisions until its revised charter evaluation framework is complete.
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PCE calls for a halt to charter renewals.
Charter renewal decisions are happening now, under a framework the Board has already admitted is flawed. The Board cannot fix a broken system and keep using it.
Read our full statement to learn what PCE is calling on the Board to do.
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Independent Authorization: the Change We All Need
New to independent authorization? Start here. This infographic walks you through what it is, how it works, and why it's better for students and families. Ready to take it further? Download our free printable posters and bring the message with you.
费城卓越宪章计划 (PCE) 是该市的 主要倡导联盟为公立实体特许学校；推进公平机会、严格问责制和系统性影响，造福费城各地的特许学校社区。
我们是谁
PCE 成立于 2011 年，是一家 501(c)(3) 非营利组织，它联合特许学校的领导者、家庭和合作伙伴，通过战略倡导和集体行动，加强费城每个社区的高影响力公立特许学校教育。
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作为费城特许学校领域的中心倡导组织，PCE：
倡导以事实为依据的政策改革和立法参与
提升特许学校领导和家庭在政策制定者面前的统一声音。
促进跨部门合作，以扩大机遇和加强问责
放大对家庭和社区最重要的结果和数据
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PCE Principal Power Recap
Check out our video from the latest PCE Principal Power leadership session with Dr. Nadia Bennett , founder of When Brown Girls Lead. Special thanks to Keystone Academy Charter School for hosting our January session.
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63% of Philadelphia residents support allowing new charter schools to open
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May 2026 | School Board Testimony: Dr. Cassandra St. Vil
(05/2026)ORAL TESTIMONYPresident Streater and Members of the Board of Education,My name is Dr. Cassandra St. Vil, Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia Charters for Excellence, here on behalf of nearly 65,000 public charter school students.I am here tonight to again call for an immediate morato...
PCE Responds to CSO Recommendations
(5/15/2026)Organization supports rigorous, consistent accountability for all public charter schools PHILADELPHIA, PA. May 15, 2026 — Philadelphia Charters for Excellence (PCE), representing 70 member charter schools and approximately 65,000 students across Philadelphia, today issued the following...
PCE Files Lawsuit Against The School District of Philadelphia
(5/11/2026)SDP has spent years conditioning charter renewals on schools accepting terms Pennsylvania law forbids and punishing those that refuse to accept such violations.PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 14, 2026 -- Philadelphia Charters for Excellence (PCE), the nonprofit advocacy organization representing...
PCE Calls for a Halt on Public Charter School Renewals Until RiSe is Fixed
(5/11/2026)The Board Cannot Fix a Broken System and Keep Using It at the Same Time.Philadelphia, PA (May 11th) — Philadelphia Charters for Excellence (PCE), representing 70 public charter schools serving approximately 65,000 students across Philadelphia, today calls on the Philadelphia Board of E...
D.C. Solved This…Philadelphia Can Too.
by Cassandra St Vil, CEO, PCETo the families of Philadelphia, Imagine you’re playing a game, and halfway through, you discover the referee is also playing for the other team. Every call they make, every penalty they issue, every decision about who wins and who loses, it all happens while they hav...
Nearly 65,000 Philadelphia Families Made a Choice. The System Overseeing That Choice Has a Structural Flaw.
William Hayes, Board Chair, Philadelphia Charters for ExcellenceThe Center on Reinventing Public Education, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, the National Association of Charter School Authorizers, and the Brookings Institution do not agree on everything. But they agree on this: when a school dist...
Philadelphia Has a Structural Problem in Its Charter Authorization System. It Is Time to Name It.
by Dr Cassandra St Vil, CEO, PCEThis is not an accusation. It is an organizational design problem, confirmed in writing. In 2023, an independent law firm was retained to examine Philadelphia's charter school authorization system. Their finding was clear: a structural conflict of interest exists.T...
The Number That Changed How I Think About Philadelphia Public Education
by Malik Boyd, Director of Advocacy Communications, PCEBefore I joined PCE, I thought I understood Philly's education landscape. I didn't.I've spent most of my professional life telling the stories about the city I love, Philadelphia: its neighborhoods, its institutions, its culture, its politics...
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New poll: 63% support opening new public charter schools, with even stronger support from Black and Latino families. Parents know what works. Leaders should listen.
Read the @ChalkbeatPHL article:
https://t.co/r4zHzdwElE
#Phillycharters #publiceducation https://t.co/lpk3zOiDQb
12 days ago
4 questions will shape how Philly evaluates charter school performance for years. PCE is publishing our perspective on each one this month.
First up: what should charter schools be evaluated on?
Follow along.
https://t.co/q4aPmpLNJu
#RiSEFramework #PHLCharters https://t.co/fBOjGkXWCz
17 days ago
RT @Chalkbeat: Tensions between Philadelphia charter schools and the district are escalating. That’s created frustration, left families in…
17 days ago
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 https://t.co/SjvW4zClCs
about 1 month ago
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 https://t.co/s17qemoAoe
about 1 month ago
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
about 1 month ago