by Steven Fynes | Oct 16, 2013 | Education
Public education in Delaware County is a study in contrasts. It has a countywide graduation rate 3% higher than the state average, but lags behind the other Southeastern Pennsylvania counties. Delaware County’s median income is significantly above the...
by Steven Fynes | Oct 11, 2013 | Education
A lot has already been made about the nearly $1 billion the Governor and State Legislature cut from public education two years ago, and their failure to restore the cuts. But the true effects of that budget go well beyond cuts. Because Pennsylvania is one...
by Steven Fynes | Sep 17, 2013 | Education
Two years after the Governor and State Legislature cut nearly $1 billion from education, they’ve decided to start pumping money back in…to prisons. This year’s budget provided a 2.3% rise in spending on Pennsylvania’s 500 school districts, or $71.67 per student....