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EPLC Education Notebook – Friday, May 11, 2012
State Education Budget Promises More Burden for Local Taxpayers and Cuts for Students
2011 PA Education Issues Poll – Released November 21, 2011
Funding Cuts Force School Districts to Reduce Learning Opportunities for Students
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IFO Makes Gov Acknowledge Revenue Reality
OFF THE FLOOR A Capitolwire Column By Peter L. DeCoursey Bureau Chief Capitolwire HARRISBURG (May 14) – A stunning percentage of progress in government – or anything else – comes when everyone is forced to acknowledge the obvious and act … Continue reading
Keystone Exams are in Potential Grads’ Future
The state Board of Education today approved changes in the Keystone Exams, which are end-of-course tests that will be required for high school graduation. The plan approved in 2010 called for developing 10 Keystone Exams in various disciplines, with students … Continue reading
PSFC Urges House to Support and Build Upon Senate Improvements to Budget
Click here to read the letter sent from the Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign to all members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Monday, May 14, 2012.
Lawsuit in Troubled Chester Upland School District Could Ripple Across State
At issue is whether state is living up to constitutional obligation to fund education. Thorough and efficient. Those three words can be found in Section 14 of the Pennsylvania Constitution: “The General Assembly shall provide for the maintenance and support … Continue reading
Gov. Corbett’s Shell Game Solution Does Nothing to Help Education
By Vanessa Gambone (May 3, 2012) As a taxpayer and parent in the Central Dauphin School District, I am upset with the funding crisis facing our public schools. Now, the Central Dauphin School Board plans to furlough many of our … Continue reading
Closing of Pennsylvania School-tax Loopholes has had Questionable Effect
Last year, the Pennsylvania legislature closed many loopholes in the Rendell-era Taxpayer Relief Act, also known as Act 1, with lawmakers and Corbett administration officials proclaiming that, finally, residents would get more say on school-tax increases. But one year in, … Continue reading
Music and Art May Soon Join Languages on the Endangered List at PA Elementary Schools
Art and music classes in Pennsylvania’s elementary schools may be headed down the same road as language instruction – desirable but dispensable, too costly in an era of ever-tightening public education budgets. In Delaware County’s blue-collar Upper Darby school district, … Continue reading
