Mar 3, 2015
Provides New Investments in Schools and Property Tax Relief for Homeowners PHILADELPHIA (March 3rd, 2015) – Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed budget will net Southeastern Pennsylvania with more than a $1 billion in funding for schools and property tax relief, according to...
Mar 3, 2015
Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal would be very good for the Philadelphia schools. His plan calls for a nearly $160 million increase in state funds that would more than wipe out the district’s projected $80 million deficit. “I’m elated with his...
Feb 25, 2015
State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Phila., chairwoman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, has announced the PLBC’s annual scholarship competition is open for the 2015-16 school year. «I am pleased to announce that the PLBC will again play a role in helping...
Feb 23, 2015
he School Reform Commission continued to take heat Thursday for its decision to approve five new charter schools, with critics from both sides railing against the action. Mark Gleason, executive director of Philadelphia School Partnership, said he was “deeply...
Feb 20, 2015
Charter Hearing Exposes State’s Failure to Fund Schools Although new charters have not been granted in Philadelphia since 2007, charter school enrollment in Philadelphia has more than doubled, from 29,700 students in 2007 to 62,358 today. In compliance with a...
Feb 18, 2015
There are a lot of things that you probably know about me thanks to the bio that’s on my page here on SolomonJones.com. But one of the things not included in my bio is that I, at 50, still try and catch “Sesame Street” as often as possible. I don’t have any kids, and...
