The Hechinger Report “Scores of U.S. schools have come to rely on international students to keep their budgets in the black … That could make [Trump’s] immigration order much more disruptive to higher education than has previously been understood. More … Continued
The Atlantic “Two recent reports offer the latest research to point to hopeful trends as more school districts pursue integration – with promising benefits shown for students of color and their white peers in racially diverse classrooms … In 1996 … Continued
HARRISBURG, Feb. 14 – State Rep. Jordan Harris, D-Phila., chairman of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, has announced the PLBC’s annual scholarship competition is open for the 2017-18 school year. The scholarships are available for high school seniors and first-year … Continued
Mother Jones “American public schools … were founded to maintain a pluralistic democracy and protect citizens against the tyranny of the majority. Advocates for the public education system argued that the unique American experiment wouldn’t work without it – that … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): Your advocacy is making a difference! Earlier today, Governor Wolf gave his 2017-18 budget address in the Capitol. In keeping with his commitment to early education – and in large part thanks to your unwavering … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): (Harrisburg, Pa.) – The Campaign for Fair Education issued the following statement on Governor Tom Wolf’s proposal to increase basic education funding by $100 million in his 2017-18 budget proposal: We appreciate … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): We are working with a coalition of parents, disability rights advocates, faith leaders, and advocacy groups to build public pressure on our state lawmakers to fix an egregious flaw in PA charter law that mandates more than $100 million … Continued
US News & World Report “Worldwide, rising populism and identity politics are leading to increased demands from families seeking out specific types of schools that mirror their ideologies. In some countries, this has extended to replacing the public system of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (http://www.psba.org): The truth is that it is not a panacea for taxpayers or school districts. Instead, the elimination of the property tax merely serves to create additional, higher tax burdens for other taxpayers and … Continued
By Jeff Bryant “Rural schools make up more than half of the school districts in America and serve around a quarter of the nation’s students … But rural schools are in trouble. Dropout rates for rural students are significantly worse … Continued