Education

Scholarships would help Erie students during pandemic

  • October 7, 2020

It’s time to form the same public-private partnerships in education. Fortunately, an innovative proposal in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly would enable students to get the help they need.

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Time for Education Equality in Erie

  • February 14, 2018

“Topping the list” is usually good thing. Who doesn’t want to be #1?  Unfortunately, Erie tops a list that should inspire not celebration but soul searching.   Financial news website 24/7 Wall St.

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Time for Education Equality in Erie

  • Lenny McAllister
  • February 14, 2018

“Topping the list” is usually good thing. Who doesn’t want to be #1?  Unfortunately, Erie tops a list that should inspire not celebration but soul searching.   Financial news website 24/7 Wall St.

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Public Union Democracy

Erie Suspends Costly Ghost Teaching

  • Jessica Barnett
  • August 1, 2017

Someone in Erie must have called the ghostbusters. Last August, the Erie School District and the Erie Education Association signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) ending ghost teaching in…

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Education

Opportunity Scholarships for Pennsylvania

  • June 21, 2012

A new proposal (HB 2468) would expand the existing EITC program while adding an additional category of scholarship organizations.  Under HB 2468, the EITC limit would increase from $75 million…

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Education

When Districts Choose, Kids Lose

  • May 29, 2012

What if you were awaiting a letter to find out where local officials were going to send your child to school next year?  What if one of the possibilities was…

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