PA’s school funding crisis will take center stage this Friday evening at The White Pines Place in Elkins Park. The free local dramatic performance of School Play is part of a statewide tour that will include showings in Blue Bell, Erie, St. Marys, Johnstown,...
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Drama of education funding hits the stage in school play – Berks-Mont News – September 29, 2015
Pennsylvania’s school funding crisis will take center stage in School Play at the Reading High School, 801 North 13th Street, Reading, on Monday, Oct. 5, at 7 p.m. The free one-night local showing of the play, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews at sold-out...
Play about budget crisis’ impact on education coming to St. Marys – The Bradford Era – September 22, 2015
ST. MARYS — A play about the state budget crisis and its impacts on public schools is coming to St. Marys after showings in cities and towns across the state and a surge of national media attention. "School Play" will be shown in a free one-night local showing at St....
Schuylkill Haven School District to Host Free One-Night Show on October 15th
Drama of Education Funding Hits the Local Stage in School Play SCHUYLKILL HAVEN (October 2, 2015) – Pennsylvania’s school funding crisis will take center stage in School Play at the Schuylkill Haven High School on Friday, October 15, 2015 at 7:00 PM. The free...
Drama of Education Funding Hits the Local Stage in School Play
St. Marys Area School District to Host Free One-Night Show on October 13th St. Marys (September 18, 2015) – Pennsylvania’s school funding crisis will take center stage in School Play at the St. Marys Area High School, 977 South St. Marys Road, on Tuesday, October 13,...
What If a Stopgap Budget Passes? – September 18, 2015
What If a Stopgap Budget Passes? – September 18, 2015
WHAT STOPS AND WHAT GAP IS CREATED IN A STOPGAP BUDGET? The Pennsylvania Senate just passed a bill that is called a "stopgap budget." House leadership has indicated they support this approach. The Governor has also expressed willingness to take this approach, if his...
Local Leaders Show Off Acting Skills To Highlight School Funding In PA – CBS Philly – September 17, 2015
Local leaders joined the cast of the drama School Play at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre Wednesday evening in an effort to highlight unfair school funding. Arden Kass is one of the co-creators of School Play. She says the drama consists of verbatim interviews they did...
Is it time for radical change in public education? – The Morning Call – September 14, 2015
Sen. Lloyd Smucker, a Republican and chairman of the state Senate Education Committee, is proposing legislation that could put poorly performing school districts under state control. That prompts the questions: Why are some districts failing, and would state takeover...
Schools are starving for arts education – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – September 11, 2015
On Sept. 16, the drama surrounding education funding will take center stage as the Philadelphia Theatre Company, The Wilma Theater, and Arden Theatre Company will partner to stage a reading of School Play, a theater piece about Pennsylvania’s education crisis that was...