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Pa. schools could face devastating budget cuts due to COVID | Opinion

news, regional news, southeast

Pennsylvania lawmakers are readying for the battle over a solution to the COVID-induced state deficit, expected to be well over $3 billion. School districts are projecting a $1 billion drop in resources due to waning local tax collections, according to the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare Pa.’s education inequities

news, regional news, southeast

COVID-19 has impacted our economy in an unprecedented manner, not just locally, but nationally and internationally, grabbing many news headlines. In addition, it has greatly impacted the Pennsylvania education system.   Read the full article here:...

As coronavirus closes schools, wealthier districts send laptops home with students. What about poorer districts?

regional news, southeast, statewide news, Uncategorized

As school districts from Lower Merion to Cherry Hill prepared to give students Chromebooks this week, Shaxi Ortiz picked up worksheets and reading materials from a Camden elementary school for her two daughters. “I only have one computer,” said Ortiz, as she left the...

Bensalem School District to host forum on budget

news, regional news, southeast, statewide news

The Bensalem School District will host a forum on the district’s budget 7 p.m. Tuesday, featuring the director of a group that is fighting for more state money to go to public schools. The event will be held at the Bensalem High School North Wing Auditorium, 4319...

Report: Special Education Costs Are Ballooning, As State Funding Lags Behind

news, regional news, southeast

According to a report issued by the Philadelphia-based Education Law Center, state assistance to school districts has failed to keep pace with the rising costs of special education. Expenditures have dramatically grown over the past decade, and the lack of support has...

Lower Merion school board joins other districts asking for fair school funding

southeast

LOWER MERION — The Lower Merion Board of School Directors this week joined a growing chorus of school boards across the region to pass resolutions asking for increases in funding for lower-income districts across Pennsylvania. The resolution grew out of a board...
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