Report: Special education students getting shortchanged by state
EXETER — They may not be studying advanced calculus or conducting experiments in chem lab, but their aspirations post-high school are the same when compared to students in other classrooms: striking out on their own, finding a job they can enjoy, and being happy. But...
Editorial: Pa. has long history of denying funds for public schools
“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
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...
Officials say state education funding falls short
The education promises in Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed state budget look meager in Butler County. Wolf proposed a budget without a tax increase that still manages to increase basic education spending by more than 3 percent. How? By including funds that schools...
PA School Funding Coalition Calls on Legislature to Go Further on 2019-20 Education Funding
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PA School Funding Coalition Calls on Legislature to Go Further on 2019-20 Education Funding Advocates Commend Governor Wolf, Ignite Efforts to Persuade Legislature to Invest Further HARRISBURG, PA (Nov. 8, 2018) — PA Schools Work, a...