As always, public education funding will be a centerpiece of the impending state budget battle. And, as always, many legislators will lament the negative impact of rising school property taxes, and then decline to do anything about it.One element of school financing they should and easily could ...
Obeying the law is the lowest common denominator of basic citizenship. Yet many politicians and government officeholders often portray legality as the full scope of their public duty.ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ disappointing that Gov. Josh Shapiro has invoked the minimal requirements of the stateÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Open Records ...
For too long, there has been a stigma around mental health care — but thatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ changing with this generation. Students across the commonwealth aren’t afraid to talk about their mental health and thatÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ what I hear every day.When I visited Parkland High School in Allentown recently, ...
ItÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ not easy becoming a teacher in Pennsylvania. I should know. As a student at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, I’ve been working on becoming one for the past three years.I’ve seen fellow education majors come and go, some lured to other job prospects with more earning ...
Gov. Josh Shapiro has a solid track record in the desperate struggle against the raging opioid epidemic.Before the COVID-19 pandemic eclipsed opioids as the nationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ most pressing public health emergency, Shapiro played a significant role as attorney general in the traditional enforcement ...
In many ways, we live in a political world that operates more on denial than possibility, and to be honest, itÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ killing democracy.Candidate quality has been replaced by ideological purity on both sides, while virtual cottage industries have sprung up around the idea of replacing the “loyal ...