Opinion
OPINION: How Pennsylvania’s ‘Uniformity Clause’ and ‘Hold Harmless’ Policy Harm State Education Funding
And here’s how you can be part of the solution.
Coleman Poses
April 21, 2025
Education
News
A Prince and Knight Fall in Love, Parents Claim Religious Discrimination, and the Supreme Court Is Asked to Intervene
Pen America, which reported more than 10,000 books banned in the last school year, said in a court filing that what the parents from the Maryland school district want is “a constitutionally suspect book ban by another name.”
AP
April 19, 2025
News
Pennsylvania Says Schools Already Comply with Civil Rights Laws and Are Not Ordered to Scrap DEI
“Regardless of changes taking place at the federal level, the Shapiro Administration will continue to do everything in our power to support Pennsylvania learners, educators, and schools,” said Pennsylvania Department of Education spokesperson Erin James.
Special to The Bucks County Beacon
April 10, 2025
Opinion
How News Reporters Are Being Deceived by Fake Groups of ‘Moms’ and ‘Parents’ Attacking Public Schools
These groups are the creation of deep-pocketed, “dark money” conservative networks, not “grassroots” advocates.
Maurice T. Cunningham
March 22, 2025
News
Should Kids Have Access to Their Cellphones at School? Perkasie to Host Community Debate
The event, sponsored by The Braver Angels of Southeast Pennsylvania and League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is to promote dialogue and strengthen community relationships.
Melinda Rizzo
March 17, 2025
News
Advocacy Groups Say PIAA’s Transgender Athlete Policy Change to Appease Trump’s Executive Order Violates Pennsylvania and Federal Law
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
Melinda Rizzo
March 14, 2025
News
Conservatives File Lawsuit to Rollback LGBTQ+ Protections in Pennsylvania
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
Peter Greene
March 14, 2025
Opinion
What Now for Democrats for Education Reform?
The once-powerful group’s internal turmoil and diminishing size and status may be signs that the school privatization movement is now a fully right-wing enterprise.
Maurice T. Cunningham
March 13, 2025
News
Eyeing a Friendly Supreme Court, Republicans Push for the Ten Commandments in Schools
It’s just one of the ways lawmakers are trying to insert Judeo-Christian doctrine into public education.
Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline
March 2, 2025
Photo Essay: Trump’s Militarized War on Immigrants Meets Citizen Resistance in Los Angeles
June 14, 2025
Protesting, like seeking citizenship or asylum, is a legal right under U.S. law. Well, until it isn’t, writes photojournalist Michael Nigro.
Judge Blocks Trump’s Election Executive Order, Siding With Democrats Who Called It Overreach
June 13, 2025
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” wrote Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
Bucks County Artist Will Unveil Interactive Juneteenth Art Piece
June 13, 2025
“Art has always been a way to tell the story and expose injustice,” said artist Kevin Aster Young.
Report Says Nearly 1 in 3 Kids in Bucks County Rely on Medicaid. Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Has Voted to Take Health Care Away from Them
June 11, 2025
“Tax cuts for some of the wealthiest Americans should not be funded on the backs of needy children,” said Pennsylvania State Senator Steve Santarsiero.
National Guard Troops Are Now Protecting ICE Agents as They Make Arrests in Los Angeles
June 10, 2025
Trump has called protesters “animals” and “a foreign enemy,” and is leaving open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act.
