Advocates still working to divert horse-racing subsidy to education
With race tracks across Pennsylvania opening up, fans of horse-racing can once again make their wagers. But no one’s showering
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With race tracks across Pennsylvania opening up, fans of horse-racing can once again make their wagers. But no one’s showering
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May 1 — 8:56 amLast Wednesday, the School District of Philadelphia’s finance team hopped on a conference call to review a spreadsheet full of
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February 5 — 6:42 amGov. Wolf’s budget proposals for revamping how charters are reimbursed for special education would be “devastating” for their students, charter
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February 4 — 12:27 pmIn the annual state budget address, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf hit many of the education talking points he’s covered in
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March 21 — 5:58 pmCity Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday calling on Gov. Wolf to appoint new members to the state Charter Appeal
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February 5 — 8:18 pmGov. Wolf’s budget proposal includes significant additional funds for education, which advocates say is welcome but will make only incremental
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December 17 — 3:18 pmA couple years ago, Jean Rauscher was at a familiar crossroads. Her oldest child was about to start school, and
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December 13 — 7:27 pmPennsylvania released a list of 289 struggling schools Thursday that will have to develop “improvement plans” with the direction of
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November 17 — 1:47 pmPennsylvania’s Department of Education has launched a new online index that will aggregate statistics about public and charter schools for
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October 16 — 12:38 pmWhen Craig Murphy walks into the headquarters of the Red Lion School District, just southeast of the city of York,