By Kathleen E. Carey, Delaware County Daily Times The issue of how to appropriately fund education has been a decades-long conundrum that has seen well-attended school board meetings, lawsuits, rallies and even doses of frustration shared by all sides of the debate....
Nearly half of the spending increase is to feed the pension fund Written by David Mekeel The numbers look good, but they only tell part of the story. Education was by far the biggest winner in the 2018-19 state budget passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Tom...
By Jan Murphy jmurphy@pennlive.com The proposed 2018-19 state budget that increases education spending from preschool to higher education and requires no increase taxes or fees easily passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The 188-10 vote to pass the...
Maybe there is hope for bipartisanship after all. Or maybe it’s just a bunch of self-involved politicians simply acting in their own self-interests during an election year, when no one wants to anger voters. No matter the reason, the overall outcome is...
BY JILL MURRAY, Ph.D. / Published: July 1, 2018 A recent report was published on regional K-12 schools. High praise and celebration are certainly appropriate for the handful of districts that are clearly statewide leaders in academic performance. The article also...
