Students and Principals Share Their School Funding Worries with City Council
Children and Adults Need Tools for Their Schools Students and principals alike are worried about conditions in their schools. Today, students from Powel elementary…
Bipartisan panel calls for new formula to divvy up Pa. education aid – WHYY Newsworks – June 18, 2015
A bipartisan Pennsylvania commission unanimously recommended a new school funding formula Thursday that would account for several student-weighted factors including poverty. The proposed formula…
City Council passes school tax bills; conditions for $25 million still not clear – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 18, 2015
City Council passed bills Thursday that increase various tax rates to raise $70 million for the School District, but won’t decide until September on…
PCCY Responds to City Council’s Action to Provide Funding for Philadelphia Schools – June 18, 2015
Public Citizens for Children and Youth Executive Director Donna Cooper issued the following statement responding to Philadelphia City Council’s action today to provide additional…
Manifestación de los medios de comunicación pide fondos para la educación equitativa - Delaware County News Network - 18 de junio de 2015
The call for a fair and reliable funding formula was the focus of a small rally in front of the Media Courthouse on June…
Long SRC agenda Thursday includes new charters and outsourcing of subs – The Philadelphia Public School Notebook – June 17, 2015
The School Reform Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $34 million, two-year contract with Cherry Hill-based Source4Teachers to provide substitute service to…
Councilman Henon delays vote on bill that could lead to new prison – Northeast Times – June 17, 2015
Councilman Bobby Henon delayed the vote on his bill that would essentially allow the city to buy riverfront property in Holmesburg for the potential…
Rito del verano: costo de las escuelas para aumentar los impuestos a la propiedad - The Philadelphia Inquirer - 14 de junio de 2015
Joe Rooney, a Delta Air Lines pilot who is raising five kids in Abington Township, is about to get a higher tax bill, and…
A call for fair funding for PA schools – Daily Local Times – June 11, 2015
On the steps of the Chester County Courthouse, public officials, education advocates and local actors gathered to call on state leaders to adopt a…
Advocates Demonstrate Locally For Better Education Funding Across Pennsylvania – CBS3 – June 11, 2015
Advocates for better state funding for education in Pennsylvania took their cause to the steps of the courthouses today in Montgomery, Chester, and Delaware…