“Our end goal is that every single kid who leaves Pennridge loves this country and understands our constitution,” said board member Ricki Chaikin. “Right now, that’s not happening.”
The suit is being litigated by The Thomas More Society, a conservative Christian law firm which has worked cases challenging both abortion and birth control, LGBTQ rights, and virtually all pandemic mitigation strategies.
Pennsylvania taxpayers are overpaying for a form of schooling that simply does not deliver the results that even approach what we get from our (underfunded) public school system.
David Valesky, who thinks Black Lives Matter is a “hate group” and LGBTQ books are “evil,” believes he has God on his side in his book banning crusade and that trumps law.
Taxpayers don’t have a choice when it comes to their money funding a largely unregulated and underperforming industry at the expense of public schools.
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.
“Folks support women’s reproductive rights across the country. And that’s going to be a huge issue. And for some people, it is the issue,” said DCCC Chair Suzan DelBene.
While six state boards “took action…warning that licensees who engage in conversion therapy may be subject to administrative discipline,” the state still lacks a law banning the practice.
The working agenda features panel discussions with high-profile journalists, activists, legal experts and political strategists from both Pennsylvania and across the country.
I’m proud to help my neighbors. But food donations are no substitute for government nutrition programs like SNAP, which is now under threat.
A 2022 study from the Trevor Project revealed that fewer than one in three trans youth find their home to be accepting or gender affirming, opening the door to rejection and even abuse from their families because of their gender identity.
