A chaotic exit by the outgoing Republican board majority sabotaged the first meeting of the newly elected board.
“It’s no longer a matter of political convenience, but a matter of what students are constitutionally entitled to,” said Public Interest Law Center attorney Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg.
Humanities in public schools help students understand, and engage with, the world.
The board’s lack of financial transparency prohibits stakeholders from seeing a full accounting of the district’s spending, including paying for services that aren’t utilized.
A Supreme Court ruling, likely to come in spring or early summer 2024, could also establish whether social media accounts of public officials should be treated as personal or governmental.
If the right-wing Supreme Court majority gives Oklahoma the green light to open the nation’s first religious public charter school, the already crumbling wall separating Church and State will have a gaping hole in it.
From financials to contracts and even policies, the SASD Board Directors eschew transparency and accountability by failing to provide documents and not archiving meeting videos.
After voters gave the Central Bucks school board a mandate for change, the new Democratic majority is “not rushing things” in order to ensure community input.
Coupled with laws that limit rights, collective biases serve to stigmatize transgender people, hurting their overall health and well-being.
But this momentum needs to power us into a 2025 that will likely be filled with many challenges.
The events of this past week are more than just a preview of the dysfunction to come — they are a stark reminder of what happens when chaos is mistaken for governance, writes Bucks County’s Colin Coyle.
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Immigrant solidarity protesters marched through the streets of downtown Philly, starting at Independence Hall. This is in reaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportations.
The U.S. Department of Energy is dangling $750 million for the buildout of a hydrogen hub around Philadelphia. But the looming Trump presidency and strong economic headwinds endanger its prospects.
