Street theater came to the steps of the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday to highlight the need for a fair school-funding formula in Pennsylvania. Three students in Villanova University’s master’s degree theater program took turns giving dramatic readings from...
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Local Montgomery County education advocates urge legislature to adopt fair education funding formula – The Times Herald – June 11, 2015
The day after the Basic Education Funding Commission extended its deadline to deliver a recommendation for a funding formula for Pennsylvania basic education to the Legislature, public school administrators and teachers across the commonwealth took to their local...
Montco rally to push for new school funding – Philly.Com – June 11, 2015
NORRISTOWN School officials, parents, and activists are planning a rally at the Montgomery County Courthouse on Thursday morning to advocate for a new state education funding formula. A legislative commission that has been studying the issue for a year was due to...
Not the Right Way to Start Budget Season and Solid Proof for Pre-K – June 5, 2015
House Budget Turns Its Back on Pennsylvania's Children The budget season got off to a terrible start this week. On June 1st, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a startlingly irresponsible budget on a party line vote. As impossible as it may seem, the...
Principals: Give us the tools to succeed – Philadelphia Daily News – June 5, 2015
GIVE US THE resources and we will have better outcomes. That was the message yesterday from dozens of school principals as City Council continues to debate the Philadelphia School District's request for $103 million in new funding. In a letter delivered to Council and...
Philly Students Rally for More School Funding – NBC10 – June 4, 2015
Philadelphia city council has basically said "no way" to the mayor's tax hike proposal to fund the school system. Now they're working to come up with another way to raise money to at least cover the schools' debts. NBC10's Drew Smith has more. NBC10 - June 4, 2015 -...
Philly Principals, Supportive of Cursive Mandate, Advocate for New Funding – Philly Focus – June 4, 2015
Several principals today testified before Philadelphia City Council in favor of Resolution 150518, which would mandate cursive writing in the Philadelphia School District’s curriculum, though the majority of their three minutes was spent pleading for lawmakers to...
Philly Council introduces framework of school funding strategy – WHYY Newsworks – June 4, 2015
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's plan to raise $105 million in recurring revenue for the city schools by hiking property taxes nearly 10 percent has hit a brick wall in City Council.Council members have spent much of the spring looking for an alternative to fill...
Pottstown school board not looking at tax increase – The Reading Eagle – June 2, 2015
For the first time in recent memory, there are no plans for a tax increase in the Pottstown School District. The district's $57.1 million tentative budget for 2015-16 would keep millage at 39.25. A property assessed at $100,000 would pay about $3,925 in school...
Philadelphia Considering Outsourcing School Health Services – Education News – June, 2015
Much to the chagrin of unionized school nurses, the School District of Philadelphia is discussing the outsourcing of its school health services. Ayana Jones of The Philadelphia Tribune writes that proposals have been issued and must be returned by June 10 for those...