Jun 17, 2015
The School Reform Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $34 million, two-year contract with Cherry Hill-based Source4Teachers to provide substitute service to city schools. The SRC is also scheduled to vote on the agreements for five new charter schools and...
Jun 17, 2015
Councilman Bobby Henon delayed the vote on his bill that would essentially allow the city to buy riverfront property in Holmesburg for the potential development of a new prison. Henon said that new questions from one of his colleagues prompted the...
Jun 14, 2015
Joe Rooney, a Delta Air Lines pilot who is raising five kids in Abington Township, is about to get a higher tax bill, and he isn’t particularly happy about it. “We are not bringing in enough money for the spending we are proposing,” said Rooney,...
Jun 11, 2015
On the steps of the Chester County Courthouse, public officials, education advocates and local actors gathered to call on state leaders to adopt a fair and adequate funding formula for Pennsylvania schools June 11. Pennsylvania is one of just three states in the...
Jun 11, 2015
Advocates for better state funding for education in Pennsylvania took their cause to the steps of the courthouses today in Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware counties. Norristown school district superintendent Janet Samuels pointed out that Pennsylvania is one of only...
Jun 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 organization Public Citizens for Children & Youth held press conferences demanding a fair school funding formula today...
