From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Right now, 86% of Pennsylvania students attend schools that don’t receive adequate resources for education, according to state law. On September 9th, the trial for Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit will begin in Harrisburg. You … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The beginning of the school year coincides with good news for Pennsylvania’s public school students. On Tuesday, August 21, Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court removed a major barrier that has kept the school funding lawsuit from … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): As any parent will tell candidates, education is their top priority so it’s especially frustrating when lawmakers aren’t seeing what parents, educators and advocates are seeing in schools. As their election campaigns … Continued
From POWER (http://www.powerinterfaith.org/): For years, POWER has been one of the only voices calling for fair distribution of public education funding in Pennsylvania (the Council has joined in this effort). As people of faith, we affirm the infinite value of … Continued
From the Education Law Center (http://www.elc-pa.org): Last week petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made by the Republican leader of the PA Senate, Joe Scarnati, that the lawsuit was rendered moot because … Continued
This is a guest blog from POWER. By Ethel Goldberg, POWER Education Team member About six years ago, Rabbi Eli Freedman of Congregation Rodeph Shalom wrote an article for our congregational bulletin, where he asked the question, “What issue or issues … Continued