Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools (PCPCS) PCPCS is the largest organization and primary voice for the 170 charter schools and 130,000 charter school children in charter schools in Pennsylvania. We are on the leading edge of education reform and dedicated to achieving choice for parents, quality for children, and accountability for taxpayers in all forms of K-12 public education. To achieve that mission we are engaged in: Advocacy to assure that legislation and administrative policy provide accountability, transparency, high standards of performance and equitable funding for all public schools; to create consistently strong and fair authorizers; and to make certain that all children in public education are treated fairly and equitably. Litigation to defend the rights of charter schools to exist and to be treated the same as other public schools. consistently strong and fair authorizers for all charter schools. Support to help member schools improve, with the goal of having every charter school in Pennsylvania become a high-performing school.