Letter to Gov. Wolf/ PA Legislators: Education Investment Needed in FY 2021-22 State Budget
Letter to Gov. Wolf/ PA Legislators: Education Investment Needed in FY 2021-22 State Budget April 23, 2021 Dear Governor Wolf and members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly: Like all Pennsylvanians, school districts have faced many tough choices as they adapt to the...
PA Schools Work Applauds Signing of COVID Relief Bill; Cautions PA Legislature that School Funding Problem Remains Unfixed
HARRISBURG, PA (March 11, 2021) – The statewide education advocacy campaign PA Schools Work issued the following statement after President Joe Biden signed the COVID-19 relief act this afternoon: “Today, President Biden signed a $1.9 billion COVID-19 relief package,...
North Penn Has Served More Than 1 Million Free Meals During Pandemic
Success Starts Here | Feb 25, 2021 The North Penn School District (NPSD) is proud to announce that its School Nutrition Services (SNS) Department recently served its 1 millionth free meal to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March of 2020 when statewide...
Student’s COVID-Inspired Artwork Selected For Magazine Cover
Success Starts Here | Feb 23, 2021 During the height of the coronavirus shutdown in the spring of 2020, Middletown Area High School art teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Strite, challenged her students to use their thoughts about the pandemic to create a social commentary piece...
Championship-Winning Freshman Develops Chess Guidebook to Teach Powerful Strategies
MONTCO.TODAY | Mark Hostutler | Feb 12, 2021 The record-breaking success of Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit has revitalized global interest in chess, with significant spikes in sales of chess sets and “how to play chess” searches. However, as people set up their new...
HISTORIC PA BUDGET PROPOSAL REPRESENTS A MAJOR STEP TOWARD TACKLING PA’s LONG-STANDING SCHOOL FUNDING CRISIS
HARRISBURG, PA (February 2, 2021) – The PA Schools Work Campaign, a coalition of more than 30 organizations from across Pennsylvania representing educators; urban, rural and suburban communities; parents and community leaders working together to increase funding for...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...