At rally and meeting, Scranton school officials demand more state funding
SCRANTON — Children in York and Harrisburg are not worth more than children in Scranton. At a rally Monday and Scranton School Board committee meeting that followed, directors, teachers, administrators, parents and taxpayers came together to repeat that message — and...12 of Pa.’s urban school superintendents: Harrisburg should do more to help our students | Opinion
There is a lot of talk in Harrisburg, from Republicans and Democrats, about growing Pennsylvania’s economy. They agree on some approaches such as infrastructure investment and workforce development, and diverge on others such as college affordability and higher wages....Report: Good schools boost home values, more state funds needed
RIDLEY TOWNSHIP — A new report released Friday enforced the notion that property values are contingent on student achievement in local schools, and the state’s current education funding schemes play a role in that. A panel of lawmakers, realtors and policy analysts...Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.
The fight to boost education funding brings lots of people together — teachers, superintendents, politicians. But advocates want to add another constituency to the mix: real estate agents. That’s the target audience of a new report by ReadyNationPennsylvania, an...![Real estate agents join the push for education funding in Pa.](https://i0.wp.com/paschoolswork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/real-estate-professionals_education_funding.jpg?resize=600%2C400&ssl=1)