by Susan Spicka | Aug 24, 2021 | blog
Over the summer, angry people began showing up at school board meetings objecting to schools teaching about the civil rights movement and the history of slavery in America. More recently, school board meetings have been disrupted by even larger and often angrier...
by Susan Spicka | Aug 4, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized
We’ve all been following the Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit for years. So. Many. Years. Meanwhile, the inadequacy and inequity go on and on. The lawsuit is finally going before the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court – the lawyers have done...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 26, 2021 | blog
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 can learn more about the school...
by Susan Spicka | Jul 16, 2021 | blog
On July 14, 2021–on the heels of COVID, in the dead of summer, with many consequential questions left unanswered–the Board of Governors for Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) unanimously approved consolidation plans for three...
by Susan Spicka | Jun 26, 2021 | blog
The General Assembly passed the 2021-2022 state budget yesterday and we expect that Governor Wolf will sign it. Please find an overview of key education-related pieces below. This budget is not what we had hoped for in a year when the state legislature had a $3...
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