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NEAToday: NEA Secretary-Treasurer Pringle offers vision of "education utopia" to ed writers. Story at http://t.co/agpaiyA5 #ewateach
NEAToday: NEA Secretary-Treasurer Pringle offers vision of "education utopia" to ed writers. Story at http://t.co/agpaiyA5 #ewateach
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NEAToday: RT @NEAMedia: Union leaders & district admins confront challenges as partners; students benefit, says NEAs Pringle #ewa12 #ewateach
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NEAToday: RT @NEAMedia: NEAs Pringle takes #ewa12 on trip to Belmont HS in OH where the quality of education profession is elevated by teachers ht ...
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A good first step: Senate budget proposal rejects Corbett block grants and restores some education funding
<p>A good first step Senate budget proposal rejects Corbett “block grants” and restores some education funding The state Senate took a first step toward addressing the school funding crisis by proposing a budget that rejects Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to</p>

MSNBC's The Ed Show features York City EA President Kim Schwarz
<p>Once again, Gov. Corbett’s unprecedented school funding cuts in Pennsylvania make national news. York City EA President Kim Schwarz recently appeared on MSNBC’s The Ed Show to discuss the impact of these cuts in York City School District.</p>

PSEA President: block grant plan will shortchange students and schools
<p>Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to fund Pennsylvania’s public schools with “block grants” will shortchange students, let political deals drive state funding, and force local school districts and communities to solve the $1 billion crisis that state funding cuts have caused, according to PSEA President Mike Crossey.</p>

Privatized school buses cost taxpayers more
<p>A new study by the Keystone Research Center found that Pennsylvania school districts that contract with private bus operators end up spending more taxpayer dollars on transportation than those that manage their own bus fleets. </p>

PSEA President supports Senate Democrat budget alternative
<p>Ending a corporate tax break and restoring a successful education program can begin to reverse Gov. Tom Corbett’s unprecedented funding cuts to Pennsylvania’s public schools.</p>

PSEA files federal complaint to protect the civil rights of special education students in Chester Upland
<p>A toxic mixture of state special education and charter school laws and more than $23 million in funding cuts are violating the civil rights of Chester Upland School District’s 700 special needs students.</p>

Sounding the Alarm: PSEA warns of growing fiscal crisis for schools in new report
<p>Across Pennsylvania, the reality of unprecedented school funding cuts is forcing dramatic cuts to student programs and pushing a growing number of public schools to the financial brink, according to a new PSEA report that documents the root causes of a growing financial crisis and details the consequences that confront students every day.</p>

PDE Secretary's testimony ignores impact of nearly $1 billion in public school cuts
<p>PA Dept. of Education Secretary Ron Tomalis’ testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on March 5 ignored the fact that school districts across Pennsylvania are cutting programs that work for their students because of nearly $1 billion in state funding cuts.</p>

Corbett adds pension money to K-12 total, to combat critics of his cuts
<p>First, Gov. Tom Corbett tried to limit his discussions of overall state education funding to the basic education subsidy for K-12 schools, since he supplied more state money for that item than previous budgets did. But education groups kept noting that he cut lots of other things that the state used to provide along with the subsidy: $429 million that Corbett did not supply last year for tutoring, charter school reimbursements and block grants were the primary items.</p>

South Fayette community members: We are Partners
<p>More than 150 parents, teachers, school board members, community leaders, and legislators gathered at the South Fayette High School Theatre on Feb. 29 and said "I’m a Partner."</p>
  

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