News
With No Final State Budget, Bucks County Public School Districts Must Take Funding Leap of Faith
Pennsylvania school districts rely on both state and federal funding. Both remain uncertain.
Melinda Rizzo
July 8, 2025
Education
News
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
Melinda Rizzo
July 3, 2025
News
Trump Administration Withholds Over $6 Billion for After-school, Summer Programs and More
“They’re trying to send a message. They don’t believe that taxpayer funding should be used for these children,” said Amaya Garcia, who oversees education research at New America.
AP
July 2, 2025
News
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Melinda Rizzo
June 30, 2025
News
The Christian Nationalist Pulpit Is on the Precipice of the Schoolhouse Steps, and People Are Fighting Back
Local resistance is blocking state legislation to bring Christian nationalism into public schools.
Danny Cherry
June 28, 2025
Opinion
Pennsylvania Taxpayers Shouldn’t Fund Cyber Charter Schools at the Same Tuition Rates They Pay for Brick-and-mortar Charter Schools
When school districts are required to overpay cyber charter tuition it means there are fewer resources available to invest in the education of their students.
Lawrence Feinberg
June 24, 2025
Opinion
Who We Choose to See: A Call for Fairness, Understanding, and Support in Special Education
Special education deserves more than reactive conversations and temporary concern. It deserves sustained investment, public recognition, and structural support.
Olcay Ayata
June 17, 2025
Opinion
Why Taxes Were Raised in Central Bucks School District — And Why It Matters for the Community
Past is prologue in Central Bucks, where prior school boards kept kicking the fiscal can down the road until the bill finally came due, writes CBSD Board Vice President Heather Reynolds.
Heather Reynolds
June 14, 2025
News
Souderton Area School District Lifts Ban on Two Parents and Former Student; ACLU Lawsuit Seeking Damages for Alleged Free Speech and Due Process Violations Continues
“It was a strict draconian ban,” said ACLU PA legal director Sara Rose.
Melinda Rizzo
June 9, 2025
Democratic Congressional Candidate Bob Harvie Visits Bucks County Manufacturing Business Suffering Under Trump’s Tariff Wars
July 7, 2025
The uncertainty around the Trump administration’s tariff strategy “is creating havoc” for Warminster-based Gamry Instruments.
The GOP’s Budget Bill and Its Federal Funding Cuts Will Harm Bucks County Students
July 3, 2025
“It is heartbreaking to see Congress embrace a budget bill that strips meals and health care away from children and families to fund massive tax breaks for the super wealthy and an unaccountable private school voucher program,” said PSEA President Aaron Chapin.
State Senator Steve Santarsiero: It’s Possible to Be an Advocate for the Homeless and Believe Encampments Are Not a Good Idea
July 2, 2025
The Bucks County Beacons’s reporting on Senate Bill 780 was incomplete and inaccurate, argues the head of the Bucks County Democratic Committee in an OpEd.
Supreme Court Provides Cover for Bigotry Draped in the Fig Leaf of Religion With LGBTQ School Books Decision
July 1, 2025
Education reporter Peter Greene breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor.
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
