Nov 7, 2014
When a magician takes the stage, he will wave around a wand, a hat or a cape to distract the audience’s eyes from what is happening with his other hand. Like that magician, many in the state government want to distract us from the “other hand” of public...
Nov 6, 2014
Education advocates got exactly what they wanted in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial election Tuesday: a progressive Democrat who puts education at the top of his priority list.Gov.- elect Tom Wolf has big plans for providing relief to resource-strapped classrooms...
Nov 6, 2014
TOM WOLF’S official victory party took place in central Pennsylvania, but thousands of teachers and education advocates in Philadelphia also celebrated, hoping the change in power will signal a win for the city’s ailing public schools. Education was the...
Nov 3, 2014
As a preacher and a local politician, I know well the adage “know your audience.” Which is why I was confused when a Tom Wolf campaign mailer arrived at my house talking about “More cuts announced for Philadelphia schools,” and “City test scores down; fewer than half...
Nov 3, 2014
Let me tell you about where I live. My home needs an estimated $34 million to adequately fund public education. The spending gap between the best-funded and the worst-funded classrooms is $142,000. Moreover, only 7 percent of kids in this jurisdiction have access to...
Oct 28, 2014
The last few years have been tough for Pennsylvania schools, with budget shortfalls forced on school districts around the state by draconian cuts to the education budget. With nearly a billion dollars less in the education coffers, districts have been forced to cut...
