by Susan Spicka | Dec 30, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
Governor Wolf line-item vetoed the budget that state lawmakers sent him before leaving for their holiday break, authorizing emergency funding to go out to school districts, human service agencies and counties, which had been held up by the House leaders failing to...
by Susan Spicka | Dec 28, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
As we look toward 2016, it is important to reflect on what we have all achieved together in 2015 as we have worked hard to keep the public conversation about education focused on making sure equal public education opportunities exist for all students in the...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 6, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
Congratulations to our new Mayor-elect, Jim Kenney, who ran on a great platform of supporting public, community schools, PreK and supporting principals and teachers! We congratulate all the new members of City Council, including our endorsed candidates Helen Gym,...
by Susan Spicka | Nov 2, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
What you need to know about the state budget and the school funding lawsuit As you have heard, last week the PA House voted down Governor Wolf’s proposed budget package by a vote of 127-73 (118 Rs and 9 Ds opposed, 73 Ds supported) See how your lawmaker voted here. ...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 20, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Testimony to the School Reform Commission October 15th, 2015 Susan Gobreski, Parent, Philadelphia resident, Director of Education Voters of PA Thank you for the time. Lots of us have some cognitive dissonance because we care deeply about this...
by Susan Spicka | Oct 4, 2015 | Latest News from Ed Voters
Let’s be optimistic and see what happens! Budget vote set for Wednesday It is no secret that Pennsylvania’s budget has been a mess for a while now. We have a $2.2B deficit. We have experienced credit downgrades over past 5 years, costing taxpayers tens of...
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