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Study: Pa. shorted poor school districts with federal COVID aid

According to a recent analysis by the Keystone Research Center, area school districts with the most students of color, and the most living in poverty were shortchanged when federal COVID-19 funds were distributed. “The simplest way to say this is that the state...

Pennsylvania has left soaring special education costs to districts, report says

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The Education Law Center and PA Schools Work released a report showing how PA’s school districts have been forced to shoulder most of the escalating costs of educating students with disabilities due to meager increases in state aid, over the course of the last decade....

Pa. schools need an additional $4.6 billion to close education gaps

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A new analysis commissioned by advocates seeking to overhaul the state’s education funding system found that Pennsylvania’s public school children are being shortchanged by $4.6 billion. The conclusions depict widening gaps in education spending between affluent and...

SSD furloughs underscore state politics

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The Scranton School Board voted to furlough 218 employees, but the district was struggling well before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated its financial distress. The state government has failed to fairly support the Scranton School District, and multiple analyses have...

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

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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...

What K-12 education needs during the pandemic

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We’re in an unprecedented time that will require unprecedented action to ensure the health and well-being of all, including children, is at the forefront of any action taken by our government. To limit the effect the coronavirus pandemic will have on Americans, we...