A budget that puts students last
President Trump's recently proposed budget slashes $9 billion, or 14%, from the Department of Education, while increasing funding for “school choice,” by $1.4 billion. It comes as no surprise that Trump’s proposed cuts fall hardest on programs that benefit low-income...
Did your state rep’s vote make Betsy DeVos proud?
Budgets are about priorities and yesterday 147 members of the PA House made it clear that funding scholarships for students to attend unaccountable private/religious schools is one of their top budget priorities this year. They made school privatizer Betsy DeVos...
Our response to Senator Eichelberger’s recent town hall comments
We were deeply disappointed to read recent comments that newly-appointed Senate Education Committee Chair, Senator John Eichelberger, made at a town hall meeting in central Pennsylvania. The Carlisle Sentinel reported that Sen. Eichelberger had this to say about...
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