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Skyrocketing Pa. special ed costs falling heavily on school districts, taxpayers
Special education costs are rising much faster in Pennsylvania than state aid — causing local taxpayers to foot most of the bill, while also stretching school budgets thin and increasing inequities between rich and poor districts, according to a new report by a duo of...
SPECIAL REPORT: Why the Allentown School District is continuously in a financial hole
Thomas Parker needed to come up with $10 million, and he was almost out of time. It was June, and Parker, superintendent of the Allentown School District, had already erased $18 million of a staggering $28 million budget deficit through a combination of cuts, a...
Guest Column: How Pennsylvania is cheating families in William Penn
As a longtime resident of Lansdowne, I am encouraged to hear that the school funding lawsuit filed in 2014 by the William Penn School District has recently overcome a major legal hurdle, moving it one step closer to trial. I attended school in Lansdowne-Aldan, prior...
Old schools, hot buildings: A ‘public health concern’?
When Rafi Cave dropped his daughter off at school Friday, it felt like a revelation — it was the first time since classes began Sept. 4 that children at Evans Elementary in Yeadon had a full day's instruction. "We're a week into school, and she hasn't met her reading...
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