After listening to the mayor’s budget address on Thursday, I had to wonder the last time elected officials had visited our schools to do some real fact-finding. In case a reminder is needed, our schools are barely schools anymore. Is it fair to send our children to schools where the student-to-counselor ratio is 1,200 to 1?Continue reading “What we really needed to hear from the Mayor’s budget”
Category Archives: District Budget
A Student’s Voice Joins the Movement
Hi, my name is Sadie Sprague-Lott and I am a junior at Science Leadership Academy (SLA) and an intern for Parents United for Public Education. When I was looking for an internship this year it was very important that it was something that really meant something to me. I first met Helen through my momContinue reading “A Student’s Voice Joins the Movement”
Corbett budget: “A paltry handout”
Last week Governor Tom Corbett unveiled his proposal for the PA state budget. The proposal claims to put in close to $400 million into education. However on closer scrutiny, none of that money supports the basic education budget, the amount of money going without strings attached to school districts. After years of deprivation under GovernorContinue reading “Corbett budget: “A paltry handout””
Campaign: Parking Authority windfall should be win-win for Philadelphia
What public agency has more than $230 million in revenues and some of the highest salaries in town, but doesn’t feel like sharing a $75 million windfall with the schools it’s supposed to help fund? Yup. That would be the Philadelphia Parking Authority. This spring, the PPA will put up for sale the first ofContinue reading “Campaign: Parking Authority windfall should be win-win for Philadelphia”
Why we march
Tomorrow, Governor Tom Corbett – the least popular incumbent governor in the country – will make his first ever visit into a Philadelphia public school. He’s coming to Central High on Friday to give achievement awards to Central, Masterman and Carver High Schools – all three of which have seen their budgets decimated since Corbett’sContinue reading “Why we march”
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