Nov 16, 2014
The Pennsylvania legislature’s Basic Education Funding Commission is coming to Philadelphia for hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, and two advocacy groups have announced plans to make sure that its members hear from the public whether they want to or not. The...
Nov 16, 2014
The Pennsylvania legislature’s Basic Education Funding Commission is coming to Philadelphia for hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday, and two advocacy groups have announced plans to make sure that its members hear from the public whether they want to or not. The...
Nov 14, 2014
Few Pennsylvanians were surprised that Tom Corbett lost last week. Most pundits point to the Corbett education cuts as the leading reason for his defeat. The Corbett campaign contended that he did not cut education and that his predecessor, Ed Rendell, was responsible...
Nov 14, 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 8, 2014
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tom Wolf’s business background, education and low-key style will aid him as the state’s chief executive, but to succeed the governor-elect must be judicious in choosing the senior aides who will be his diplomats in the Legislature and...
Nov 7, 2014
Dear Governor-elect Tom Wolf, Congratulations on your victory! Your campaign was historic in so many ways, some obvious and some less so. Among those less discussed implications of your great campaign was the impact you had on the mindset of Pennsylvanians. As the...