press releases
HARRISBURG, PA (February 2, 2021) – The PA Schools Work Campaign, a coalition of more than 30 organizations from across Pennsylvania representing educators; urban, rural and suburban communities; parents and community leaders working together to increase funding for...
press releases
Local Education Advocates Gathering for First-Ever Regional PA SCHOOLS WORK Summits on November 17 HARRISBURG, PA (October 29, 2018) — PA Schools Work, a nonpartisan statewide movement working to make sure public schools are fully funded, announced first-ever...
northeast
Thomas Parker needed to come up with $10 million, and he was almost out of time. It was June, and Parker, superintendent of the Allentown School District, had already erased $18 million of a staggering $28 million budget deficit through a combination of cuts, a...
statewide news
A new school year is underway. Students have new clothes, new pencils and backpacks, and in some districts, new buildings to explore. As this new year begins, a lingering issue looms over public schools in our region. Families, educators and property owners have been...
regional news, southeast
When Rafi Cave dropped his daughter off at school Friday, it felt like a revelation — it was the first time since classes began Sept. 4 that children at Evans Elementary in Yeadon had a full day’s instruction. “We’re a week into school, and she...
