pa-education

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Opinion: School vouchers in Pennsylvania would violate the principles of ‘public’ education

BY: - September 17, 2023

By Marc Stier Pennsylvania Republican legislators support a voucher program they say is meant to help a small number of students who attend schools they claim are failing. (They don’t say that those schools are also severely underfunded.) However, they and their supporters, including billionaires Betsy DeVos and Jeffrey Yass, have made no secret that […]

Funding the 500: The unknown price tag of repairing Pa.’s deteriorating school facilities

BY: - June 20, 2023

With the monumental task of repairing, remodeling, and building new school facilities in front of them, school administrators have asked lawmakers and state officials to be “a partner” in school maintenance discussions and outcomes.