Opinion
OPINION: Will Former WWE Executive Linda McMahon Pile Drive the Department of Education?
Congress created the agency, and Congress is the final referee on the match.
Pat LaMarche
November 23, 2024
Education
Education
There Is a New Push to Bring Transparency and Accountability to Souderton Area School District
Lower Salford Township’s Maureen Kratz’s announcement that she created a “Right to Know Souderton” website to help empower frustrated parents was the highlight of Thursday’s school board meeting.
Scott Swindells
November 22, 2024
Education
ACLU and Ramsingh Legal Ask Federal Court to Order Souderton Area School District to Stop Targeting Critics and Stifling Free Speech
The district “has engaged in a pattern of conduct designed to silence its critics,” said ACLU of Pennsylvania Deputy Legal Director Sara Rose.
Cyril Mychalejko
November 21, 2024
Education
This Election Actually Showed Americans Still Love Their Public Schools
Anti-public education activists and their billionaire backers saw many of their efforts to privatize education and prop up extremist candidates across the country rebuffed – even in deep red states.
Peter Greene
November 21, 2024
Opinion
Protecting Central Bucks School District from the Trump Administration Depends on Community Engagement
The 2023 school board election that swept Moms for Liberty-backed MAGA candidates at the polls illustrates the power of community organizing in defense of public education.
Lela Casey
November 20, 2024
Education
Philadelphia Students Have a New Reading and Writing Curriculum. A Literacy Expert Explains What’s Changing
“The new curriculum combines what Philadelphia School District calls ‘word knowledge’ and ‘world knowledge,'” says Mary Jean Tecce DeCarlo, a clinical professor of literacy studies at Drexel University.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
November 19, 2024
Opinion
American Education Week Is a Celebration of Our Public Schools. Donald Trump Has Them In His Crosshairs
For me, like so many others, public school provided me access to a better future, writes Tabitha Dell’Angelo.
Tabitha Dell'Angelo
November 19, 2024
News
From the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s ‘Body of Liberties’ to Today’s ‘Moms for Liberty’: A Brief History of the Anti-freedom Parental Rights Movement
From the early colonial era “Body of Liberties” to today’s “Moms for Liberty,” theocrats for centuries have proclaimed their “freedom” in the name of God to punish and oppress persons whom they dislike.
Bruce Gourley, Church & State
October 16, 2024
News
A Supreme Court Decision on Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Case Could Transform Public Education in Pennsylvania, and Across the Country
If SCOTUS takes this case and finds in favor of St. Isidore, all taxpayers will foot the bill for indoctrination, whether they or their elected representatives like it or not.
Peter Greene
October 16, 2024
Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
December 21, 2024
Mike German spoke with Editor Cyril Mychalejko about his new book “Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within,” which comes out Jan. 7.
Photo Essay: The March to Defend Immigrants’ Lives in Philadelphia
December 18, 2024
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.
It’s Do or Die Time for Philly Hydrogen Hub, and Some Green Groups Are Rooting for Death
December 16, 2024
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.
Bucks County’s 2024 Poet Laureate Uses Poetry and Dance to Destigmatize People with Schizophrenia
December 13, 2024
Lake Angela was moved by her own experiences with schizophrenia and the stories of the treatment patients in her dance therapy groups faced at the psychiatric institution.
White Fragility Leads Pennsylvania to Backtrack on Mandating Culturally Relevant Teacher Guidelines
December 11, 2024
The move to erase attention to anti-bias and culture in schools is grounded in denial that concerns about systemic racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc., are real.