A play and pleas for Pa. school funding formula – WHYY Newsworks – June 11, 2015
The debate over how to fund Pennsylvania’s schools is heating up as the governor and lawmakers face a June 30 budget deadline. The advocacy…
Montgomery County leaders: School funding formula unfair – The Intelligencer – June 11, 2015
Street theater came to the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday to highlight the need for a fair school-funding formula in Pennsylvania.…
Local Montgomery County education advocates urge legislature to adopt fair education funding formula – The Times Herald – June 11, 2015
The day after the Basic Education Funding Commission extended its deadline to deliver a recommendation for a funding formula for Pennsylvania basic education to…
Montco rally to push for new school funding – Philly.Com – June 11, 2015
NORRISTOWN School officials, parents, and activists are planning a rally at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday morning to advocate for a new state…
Principals: Give us the tools to succeed – Philadelphia Daily News – June 5, 2015
GIVE US THE resources and we will have better outcomes. That was the message yesterday from dozens of school principals as City Council continues…
Philly Students Rally for More School Funding – NBC10 – June 4, 2015
Philadelphia city council has basically said “no way” to the mayor’s tax hike proposal to fund the school system. Now they’re working to come…
Philly Principals, Supportive of Cursive Mandate, Advocate for New Funding – Philly Focus – June 4, 2015
Several principals today testified before Philadelphia City Council in favor of Resolution 150518, which would mandate cursive writing in the Philadelphia School District’s curriculum,…
Philly Council introduces framework of school funding strategy – WHYY Newsworks – June 4, 2015
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to raise $105 million in recurring revenue for the city schools by hiking property taxes nearly 10 percent has…
Pottstown school board not looking at tax increase – The Reading Eagle – June 2, 2015
For the first time in recent memory, there are no plans for a tax increase in the Pottstown School District. The district’s $57.1 million…
Philadelphia Considering Outsourcing School Health Services – Education News – June, 2015
Much to the chagrin of unionized school nurses, the School District of Philadelphia is discussing the outsourcing of its school health services. Ayana Jones of The…