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As negotiations continue in Harrisburg, @GovernorShapiro is supporting a $5 Billion increase in the public education budget over 7 years – show him you support him with a quick text of thanks. #STAYSTRONG #FInishTheJob #PABudget
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We’re urging @governorshapiro to stay strong on his commitment to fully and adequately fund PA public schools in this year’s #PABudget. Let’s #FinishTheJob!
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Luis Garcia often reminisces about his journey as a student turned educator, and now the Principal of McClure Elementary. Everything he has done has been rooted in giving back and paying it forward. Read more about Principal Garcia: bit.ly/45pIFFu #HeritageHeritageMonth
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We are SO excited to be at The Big Thing 2.0! Today is all about mental health and well-being, and finding healing in community. Read some of the prompts from our Tapestry for Healing and share your own thoughts to the prompts ☮️✌️💓#LoveHealThrive #TapestryforHealing
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Thank you for advocating for an excellent education for ALL students @RepSchweyer ! Our students deserve safe and modern school facilities.
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What if #philly?
Thank you @childrenfirstpa for bringing all of us together to try and make Philly a better place! – at Philadelphia, PA
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A musical evening featuring fave pieces from #opera & #Broadway! Musical delights by Diego Matamoras, former principal artist w/@MetOpera, Lilah Gosman, Pres of @MTKMusic_Fest & Miloš Repický of @CurtisInstitute. Option for special dinner @ Charley Dove. childrenfirstpa.org/musicale…
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While the agreed-upon #PABudget included $100M in new #LevelUp funds, PA's most underfunded school districts are still waiting for the money to be released. Will @SenatorArgall stand up for #LevelUp?
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➡️➡️➡️ Scroll through to meet Pennsylvania’s Basic Education Funding Commission, the people tasked with determining how education dollars are allocated. #PABudget #PASchoolsWork #WeWorkForFunding
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Tell all your friends: The tour is in Pittsburgh today! Join to rally in support of teachers 📚 #SaveOurSchools #FundPAPublicSchools
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Thank you, PA House Democrats for protecting our public school system tonight! We’re with you in the long fight to make public schools better for all students.
#HB611 passes 117-86 support of @PaHouseDems based on promise by @GovernorShapiro to line item veto #PrivateSchoolVouchers.
#ThankAHouseD and @PaSenateDems for blocking #DeVosPlan4PA
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Students at high need schools like Donegan or Marvine don’t need a “lifeline.” What they need is to be respected by an equitable system of public school funding that doesn’t reduce them to a PSSA score. @EdVotersPA @BethlehemAreaSD
As budget negotiations continue in Harrisburg, education advocates held a press conference to raise the alarm about the dangers of the state implementing a proposed new voucher program for private and religious schools called the “Lifeline” scholarship program. #PASchoolsWork
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Literally thousands of PA children suffer the lifetime impact of lead paint poisoning, but the PA Senate passed their FY24 #PABudget with NO funds for lead paint remediation. It's time we stop ignoring the problem and start investing! #PALeadFree @RepDonnaBullock @Joanna4PA
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Voucher programs would radically alter PA’s education landscape, sending millions of state dollars to institutions not accountable to the public. This is not something to compromise on. #stopvouchers #PABudget
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We can't let a few politicians and special interests in Harrisburg extort $100M from nearly 1.6M public school kids because their donors want it. The PA GOP doesn't care about students they left behind for 30+ years. They want your tax dollars funding for-profit private schools.
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🚨🚨🚨 Take Action Now! PA Senate passes budget with NO funding to address early learning workforce shortage.
CLICK HERE NOW ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ ow.ly/MyJT50P1VkH
#PABudget #iamprek #Working4Children
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The idea that we have failing schools is absolutely absurd. We have a failure in our state government that has chosen to disinvest in these “failing schools.”
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Inflation-adjusted current public school spending per student in PA:
1970: $6,583
1980: $9,208
1990: $13,833
2000: $13,961
2010: $17,799
2020: $20,133
206% real increase since 1970
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Average private school tuition in PA: $11,732
privateschoolreview.com/tuition-stats/…
Peter attended a private school
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I ❤️ my students like they were my own children. If I thought vouchers would help them, I’d support them, even if it meant some of my students going to other schools. But the research shows voucher do NOT improve student outcomes. - Fatim Byrd, HS teacher & @TeachPlusPA Fellow
A quick scan and I found a few others…I wonder how many total if we tallied all 500 school districts…🤔🤔🤔@GovernorShapiro you’re gna have many many unhappy constituents
“We waited until the last-minute hoping that we’d have an answer from the state as to what our subsidy would be, but we don’t have that,” said John Harkins, vice president of the Erie School Board. #FundPublicSchools #NoVouchers #DeVosPlan4PA
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