Nov 19, 2014
Members of the Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission got an earful Tuesday at City Hall. State legislators charged with developing a new formula to distribute state funds for public schools heard from parents, school principals, education advocates, experts,...
Nov 19, 2014
In a sign that the “opt-out” of testing movement is gaining traction, the Philadelphia City Council Education Committee Wednesday heard parents, teachers, and education advocates decry the state and federal emphasis on high-stakes standardized testing....
Nov 18, 2014
“Stark” and “alarming” are words that were used Friday to describe the results of a recently published analysis of state education aid. It shows that Pennsylvania districts with similar rates of poverty that are almost all White get higher...
Nov 17, 2014
Dive Brief: Advocacy groups like Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) and faith-based organizing group POWER are planning events around Pennsylvania’s Basic Education Funding Commission’s Tuesday meeting in Philadelphia. The legislative body has...
Nov 17, 2014
The Notebook reports that the state’s Basic Education Funding Commission will meet in Philadelphia two days this week — Tuesday and Wednesday — but that the commission seems interested only in hearing from official sources. Mayor Nutter, Superintendent William Hite,...
Nov 17, 2014
Dive Brief: Advocacy groups like Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) and faith-based organizing group POWER are planning events around Pennsylvania’s Basic Education Funding Commission’s Tuesday meeting in Philadelphia. The legislative body has...
