Wednesday, February 15, 2012
'There's money to be made shortchanging kids' educations,' letter writer says.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
For the second straight year, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has proposed massive education budget cuts. For the second straight year, Corbett has proposed massive cuts to colleges, universities and K-12 public schools. For the second straight year, Corbett has proposed the state do less for its citizens and more for big business. Why? It’s all about profits. There’s money to be made shortchanging kids’ educations. States throughout the country spend the majority of their budgets on schools. On average, states spend about 40 percent of their tax revenues on K-12 and colleges, according to The National Association of State Budget Officers. That’s some $400 billion every year. Pennsylvania comes in somewhat below the national average with …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
T.E.A.C.H. representative asks a Jimmy Olsen question: 'If public schools are broken, why not fix them?'
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Superman, where are you? Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim tells us America’s waiting for a caped crusader to solve our education crisis. We regular Joes just aren’t up to the task. Well, look up in the sky, it’s a bird ... it’s a plane ... no, it’s a Republican governor! Fresh from slashing $860 million from public schools budgets, Gov. Tom Corbett has swept in to finish the job of “saving” Pennsylvania’s school kids with his new education proposals. Just in the nick of time, too. This year alone, Pennsylvania’s public schools have increased class sizes, stopped tutoring those children who fall behind, eliminated electives like music and art, stopped replacing crumbling textbooks or outdated computers, started charging fees to participate in …
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
A T.E.A.C.H. representative reacts to the passage of the state budget.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
So this is how public education ends—not with a scream but with a whimper. With apologies to T.S. Eliot, the above sentiment sums up the position of the thousands of parents, children and teachers in the T.E.A.C.H. Organization with regard to the farce played out two nights ago in Harrisburg—the passage of a 2011-12 state budget that unnecessarily slashes $1.1 billion from education, $860 million of which was lacerated from our public schools especially the poorer ones. Gov. (Tom) Corbett made it clear these are not just “austerity measures.” He did this by accepting four new vehicles for himself, Lt. Gov. Jim Crawley and their wives at a total cost to the taxpayers of $186,000. He did this by accepting a $30,000 pay raise for himself …
Anthony Brown
1:44 pm on Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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