Where Have All the Teachers Gone? – Sep 9, 2022

  The Teacher Shortage is Not Temporary Schools are back in session. Eager students clamor as they file into classrooms, some for the first time in two years. Yet far too many students won’t be greeted with smiles and words of encouragement from their...

Teach our children to be well and do good – May 20, 2022

  Teach Our Children Well Our hearts break for the Buffalo families who are burdened with unspeakable grief. The sickening sadness of witnessing a teenager driven to a murderous rage by racism adds another level of grief altogether. “I need a village to...

It’s Gonna Take A Miracle To Stop This – Apr 29, 2022

  It’s No Joke A priest, a hedge fund millionaire, and a right- wing think tank director walk into a bar. The priest says to the hedge fund guy, “I know you’ve faltered in your now ten-year effort to destroy public education. I have a way for you to...

Corporate America Joins the Child Care Cause – Feb 18, 2022

  Child Care Builds Bridges for Families and Politicians   They say politics makes strange bedfellows, and the same can be said for child care. Parents, government, business, social conservatives, and liberal advocates all agree that child care is a priority for...

Making the Case for Us – Feb 11, 2022

  With Enemies Like These, Who Needs Friends?   Pennsylvania is having its own Brown v Board of Education moment. It’s no surprise to us that the crack team of lawyers led by the Public Interest Law Center and Education Law Center have mounted a persuasive case...

Guilty…Freed…Honored – Nov 24, 2021

  We Are Giving Thanks  This holiday season, we are reminded that it’s not just bad things that come in threes. Justice, change, and hope are a welcome trio this holiday week. GUILTY Just today, the three men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery were all found guilty. This...