From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Great news! The push to restore Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students has reached Congress. Sens. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Reps. Danny Davis (D-Ill.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and French Hill … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-03-27/education/broad-support-for-raising-pa-teachers-minimum-pay/a65947-1 March 27, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The minimum annual teacher salary in Pennsylvania has been $18,500 since 1988. (giovannacco/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Educators joined legislators from both sides … Continued
From PA Schools Work (http://paschoolswork.org/) We are reaching out to you, our supporters, for your help. Years of under-investment by the state has left schools $3 billion short in basic education and $1.38 billion short in special education. This is … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): We’re happy to report our 2019 fact sheets showing home visiting availability at the state and county levels, as well as fact sheets and mapping for high-quality, publicly funded pre-k in Pennsylvania are available. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/25/we-are-crushing-next-generation-young-millennials-saddled-1005000000000-student-debt Published on Monday, February 25, 2019 by Common Dreams New data fuels call for progressive solutions By Andrea Germanos, staff writer “Student debt is at a crisis level in this country,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D.N.Y.). (Photo: thisisbossi/Flickr/cc) … Continued
From POWER (http://www.powerinterfaith.org/): We need YOU to contact your Representative in the PA House and encourage them to respond to Rep. Chris Rabb’s call for co-sponsors for 100% Fair Funding for education in PA. 29 members of the PA House of … Continued
Temple University Center on Regional Politics CORP’s newest policy brief, “A Tale of Haves and Have-Nots,” forecasts the fiscal future for all 500 school districts in PA for the period 2017-18 through 2021-22. The brief and supporting interactive graphics and maps … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Education Voters of PA has issued a report that examines Pennsylvania’s flawed cyber school funding system and provides recommendations for a new system that will more closely match the funding sent to cyber charter … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): High quality career and technical education (CTE) programs can equip students with skills, certifications, and higher-education credits that will allow them to graduate from high school ready to enter the workforce in a field … Continued