September 12, 2023
A commission looking for solutions to make state funding of public education more equitable met for the first time Tuesday in Allentown, where experts and Lehigh Valley superintendents testified about the dire financial straits local school districts find themselves...
September 12, 2023
Legislature Sun East Joins 13 Area Credit Unions, Area Legislators to Deliver 2,834 Pounds of Food and a Monetary Donation of $26,290 to Philabundance – MyChesCo Pa. state lawmakers look to stop ticket scalpers | WITF Lawmakers hear from parents, school leaders...
September 11, 2023
State lawmakers heard from Philadelphia parents and school leaders during a Senate Education Committee hearing on Monday, and while the hearing largely centered around school choice programs, it also foreshadowed broader conversations around school funding that will...
September 11, 2023
Work gets underway this week on crafting a funding formula for Pennsylvania’s public schools that addresses shortcomings in the current funding system that the courts found to be unconstitutional. The 15-member Basic Education Funding Commission will begin a series of...
September 11, 2023
As Pennsylvania students return to school this fall, they’ll be greeted by teachers trying their best to provide excellent learning opportunities in a state public education system that has been ruled unconstitutional. What many parents, citizens, and advocates don’t...
September 11, 2023
Legislature Pa. election 2023: A complete guide to the candidates for Commonwealth and Superior Courts – LebTown Election officials say moving Pa. 2024 primary would add time crunch | 90.5 WESA Why a Philly union leader was missing from his own stage as...
September 8, 2023
Alan Foo gulped Gatorade for breakfast on Thursday in preparation for his sweltering job: teaching fifth graders at Bayard Taylor Elementary School, where he grew so dehydrated and groggy this week he had to seek medical attention. Taylor, built in 1907, has...
September 8, 2023
The LNP | LancasterOnline Editorial Board has published numerous editorials focused on basic education funding in Pennsylvania. I hope this trend continues, at least until the state Legislature adopts a system of funding basic education that meets muster under the...
September 8, 2023
DELAWARE COUNTY, PA – September 8, 2023 – The annual Senior Expo hosted by Senator Tim Kearney (D-Delaware) and Rep. Heather Boyd (D-Delaware), in partnership with Senior Community Services brought out over 500 senior citizens from all over Delaware County on...
September 8, 2023
Legislature Philadelphia schools’ air-conditioned classrooms are still sweltering: How did it get this way? (inquirer.com) National Recovery Month recognized at state capitol | Pennsylvania | thecentersquare.com $40,000 boat ramp to Brandywine Creek unveiled at...
