From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): Despite a tidal wave of public opposition, the architects of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) continue to push the pact hard in the hopes of seeing it passed this year. Today, administration officials are … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): Statewide Group Applauds Passage of Fair Funding Formula; Calls for $400 million in 2016-’17 State Budget to be Driven Out to Schools through New Formula HARRISBURG (MAY 25, 2016) – The Campaign … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): House Considering Bill to Severely Restrict Protections for Refugees and Others Fleeing Persecution Background: This Wednesday, May 25th, the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee plans to markup H.R. 5203, the “Visa Integrity and Security Act of … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): Join Hunger-Free Pennsylvania in urging the Pennsylvania Legislative Body to invest in SFPP which enables Pennsylvania’s charitable food providers to provide nutritious food to low-income families, children, seniors, and others threatened by hunger. PASS provides the … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/report-demonstrates-that-greater-investment-well-distributed-raises-school-achievement/ Last week the Educational Testing Service published an important report, Mind the Gap: 20 Years of Progress and Retrenchment in School Funding, Staffing Resources, and Achievement Gaps, on why it is important for school districts to have … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-05-25/civil-rights/lawsuit-seeks-to-silence-fracking-opponents/a52107-1 May 25, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PITTSBURGH — The future of a lawsuit seeking damages from opponents of gas drilling near their homes and schools is in the … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): One of the most insidious things about global climate change is its essential injustice: It inflicts the most damage on those who did the least to cause it. From the low-lying Maldives to famine … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/reading-about-education-in-the-press-consider-the-source-and-demand-documentation/ At the end of last week a friend forwarded a column that had appeared in his local paper. It is short, pithy, and readable. Unfortunately, although it begins with some facts that are perfectly accurate about the … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/05/17/our-societys-deplorable-lack-of-attention-to-the-needs-of-children-and-parents/ A quarter of a century ago, Richard Louv, in a popular book—Childhood’s Future—wrote: “Today’s children are living a childhood of firsts. They are the first daycare generation; the first truly multicultural generation; the first generation to grow … Continued