Dive Brief: Advocacy groups like Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY) and faith-based organizing group POWER are planning events around Pennsylvania's Basic Education Funding Commission's Tuesday meeting in Philadelphia. The legislative body has been hosting...
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Real Public Input Needed for Education Meanwhile Troubling New Ranking for Pennsylvania – November 14, 2014
The Real Public Input Session on School Funding Next week, the State Legislative Basic Education Funding Commission will hold two hearings on the state’s school funding system in Philadelphia on November 18th and 19th. On, the 18th the Commission will hear from the...
Groups plan actions for when education funding body meets in Philly – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – November 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...
Groups plan actions for when education funding body meets in Philly – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – November 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...
Corbett campaign lied about Rendell’s record – Philly.com – November 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...
Hite and others see racial disparities in funding as alarming – Philadelphia Public School Notebook – November 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 per-pupil amounts of basic...
Gov.-elect Tom Wolf, ‘a people person,’ should select aides who can compromise, insiders say – The Patriot News – November 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 quickly...
Group day cares could face tougher zoning process – The Phiadelphia Inquirer – November 6, 2014
A City Council bill that would prohibit small family-run day cares in certain neighborhoods is expected to be watered down when it comes up before council next week. The bill, in its current form, would prohibit “group day cares,” which are usually based in a house...
PCCY Issues Open Letter to Governor-elect Tom Wolf – November 7, 2014
What PCCY Hopes to See in Governor-Elect Tom Wolf's First Year in Office The campaign and election of Tom Wolf this week was historic for Pennsylvania. Governor-elect Wolf’s campaign focused on the benefits of investing now in the next generation to move Pennsylvania...
Open Letter to Governor-Elect Tom Wolf
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...