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
Food Insecurity in Bucks County Worsened by Trump and DOGE Cuts
March 28, 2025
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
Bucks County Resident Who Recently Traveled to Texas Has Measles
March 27, 2025
“Anyone who visited Starbucks at 2896 S. Eagle Road in Newtown between 10:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 19 should monitor for symptoms,” the Bucks County Health Department warns.
Pennsylvania House Passes 4 Bills to Protect ‘Obama Care’ for Pennsylvanians. Here’s How Your Bucks County Lawmakers Voted
March 27, 2025
“These bills will protect health care coverage for Pennsylvanians, regardless of what happens at the federal level,” said state Rep. Perry Warren.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Appear Open to Cooperate on Election Reform
March 26, 2025
But advocates argue reforms ought to be focused on expanding the electorate and turnout, not making it more difficult to vote.
Democrat-Sponsored Bill in Harrisburg Seeks Transparency at PJM to Ensure Clean Energy Projects Get Fair Shake
March 25, 2025
Providing public oversight of the regional electric grid operator and utility companies’ decision-making will help ensure lower energy rates for consumers and that Pennsylvania is meeting its clean energy needs.
