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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 »


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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 »


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