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The Role of Real Estate in the For-Profit Charter School Grift
Many charter school businesses use public tax dollars to profit from real estate dealings rather than actually focusing on student needs.
Peter Greene
January 19, 2023
Many charter school businesses use public tax dollars to profit from real estate dealings rather than actually focusing on student needs.
What you need to know about education savings accounts, a kind of “super-voucher.”
One Penncrest school board member called a school library LGBTQ+ book display “totally evil” and said Black Lives Matter is a “hate group.”
Education writer Peter Greene takes a look at the state’s “culturally-relevant and sustaining education” guidelines, and what the anti-“CRT” crusaders are likely to target in response.
Defund public education? The Republican state senator has said that he would like to cut per pupil spending in half.
The far-right GOP gubernatorial candidate’s ideas about education are even more extremist than you might think.
There’s an ugly damn implication in all of this – kids and teachers are dying because they are just too easy to kill. They have to make harder targets out of themselves. They have to learn to duck and cover and fight and flee.
The bill robs public schools to pay private businesses, and it provides no accountability for taxpayers.
Bristol Township School District would save more than $2.3 million annually with funding reforms.
While the ruling impacts people in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, advocates in Pennsylvania are paying attention and concerned.
Bucks County’s full bench recusal creates an unexpected delay until an “out-of-county” judge is appointed for the hearing.
Officials claim anti-LGBTQ sentiment played no role in the library’s financial cuts, but borough council commentary and social media posts may indicate otherwise.
Any Republican candidate who wants to win needs the full support of Trump’s MAGA base of voters, a constituency who are out for blood, don’t believe in democracy, and crave an authoritarian government that will punish their enemies.
The Bucks County Beacon kicks off its new podcast by interviewing a local immigrant rights solidarity activist about her recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border.