Editorial: Pa. has long history of denying funds for public schools

southeast, statewide news

“Education: May the film be removed from the eye of Pennsylvania and she learn to dread ignorance more than taxation.” Those words, spoken in a toast by Thaddeus Stevens in 1826, illustrate just how long the battle for school funding has existed in this commonwealth....

Letter to the Editor: Be careful about call for fixing education funding

southeast

To the Times: Your recent editorial, “The cold, hard reality of education funding in Pa,” was spot-on in assessing the problems with education funding in Pennsylvania – until its suggested solution to immediately redistribute all state basic education funding through...

Groups meet to discuss education funding challenge

southeast

MORTON — The PA Schools Work campaign brought its first work group conference to the county since its 2018 formation, “Delaware County Unites for Education,” on Saturday morning at the Delaware County Intermediate Unit. Educators, district officials, students and...

Community engagement sought for education fight

southeast

MORTON — A Philadelphia-based organization will be helping community members get more involved to get more money into the state’s public schools. Public Citizens for Children and Youth will be teaming with some of the county’s education leaders on Saturday at the...

Pa. school districts stressed over rising costs for pensions, special-ed and charters

southeast, statewide news

School districts across Pennsylvania say that budget stress is causing them to raise property taxes and cut school programs, according to an annual survey released by the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials and the Pennsylvania Association of School...

Haverford School Board approves resolution calling for more state school funding

southeast

The Haverford School Board Thursday voted 8-0, with one member absent, to approve the PA Schools Work resolution advocating more state funding for the public schools. The resolution, which will be sent to the state legislature and governor, says that Pennsylvania...