by Steven Fynes | Jul 31, 2015 | Education
LESS IS LESS Numbers don’t lie. Governor Wolf’s proposed budget would invest an additional $410 million in schools, with over $44 million coming to suburban districts in Southeast PA. The budget passed by the legislature and vetoed by the Governor underfunds Southeast...
by Steven Fynes | Jul 23, 2015 | Child Health, Early Learning, Education
The Annie E. Casey Foundation just released its 2015 Kids Count Data Book. Here are 5 takeaways about children in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Spread the word! Click on the social media icons at the top of the page to share with your networks.
by Steven Fynes | Jul 20, 2015 | Early Learning
About 140,000 children will be born in Pennsylvania this year, and they’ll be preschool age in 2018. Those young learners don’t get to delay pre-k until we can make it more available, so we need to get to work now to make sure it will be there when they need it. There...
by Steven Fynes | Feb 11, 2015 | Education
A new voice has joined the chorus calling for well-funded schools, and it comes from one of the most respected economic organizations in the world. The National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER], whose current and past membership counts 24 Nobel Prize winners in...
by Steven Fynes | Nov 7, 2014 | Education
When a magician takes the stage, he will wave around a wand, a hat or a cape to distract the audience’s eyes from what is happening with his other hand. Like that magician, many in the state government want to distract us from the “other hand” of public...
