Oct 16, 2014
Download PDF Every school district in Montgomery County has less state funding for education this year than it did in 2011- the year Pennsylvania stopped using an adequate and predictable formula to fund its schools. The Pennsylvania State Legislature created the...
Oct 16, 2014
Every school district in Montgomery County has less state funding for K-12 this year than it did in 2011. That was the year PA stopped using an adequate and predictable formula to fund its schools. The PA state legislature created the Basic Education Funding...
Oct 15, 2014
Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin stopped by Prince Hall Elementary in West Oak Lane to advocate for child literacy. “Reading is going to take you so far because it applies to every single part of your life,” he told the students. Boykin and...
Oct 15, 2014
More than half of Philadelphia students beginning fourth grade could not read on grade level in 2012. Cornerback Brandon Boykin isn’t okay with that, so he and Eagles Youth Partnership are teaming up with the READ! By 4th Campaign to tackle childhood literacy....
Oct 15, 2014
Holding a brand-new book and poster freshly autographed by Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Brandon Boykin, young Kazir got to talking Wednesday morning about why he loves reading.Among two dozen students in the Prince Hall Elementary School library for the “READ!...
Oct 1, 2014
Research from the Virginia Commonwealth University Center on Society and Health finds that poor health affects the outcome of a child’s education. Likewise, the report found that children who receive a quality education are more likely to lead healthy...
