Pennsylvania

JPZenger

(6,819 posts) Mon Mar 12, 2012, 11:14 AM Mar 2012

Report Finds Some Pa. Schools Headed for Bankruptcy, While Corbett Tours France and Germany

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/12/1073553/-PA-Must-Reads-Predicting-School-Districts-In-Distress-Privatization-and-Hello-D-sseldorf-?via=stream

Another excellent essay from "ThirdandState", which posts almost every day on PA. issues over at www.dailykos.com and at their own blog.

Excerpts:

First it quotes an article in the Harrisburg Patriot-News — Pennsylvania State Education Association's report says schools are at risk of bankruptcy:

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/pennsylvania_state_education_a_2.html

'In a report titled “Sounding the Alarm,” the Pennsylvania State Education Association describes the impact that state funding cuts and policies are having on school districts’ ability to meet the educational needs of students.

In it, the union calls on the Legislature and Gov. Tom Corbett to put more money into public schools and remove the limitations on property tax increases required by the state law known as Act 1."

But the Corbett administration suggests there’s no reason for alarm. In a cringe-inducing moment from that Patriot-News story, a spokesman for the Corbett administration chose not to read the study before reaching into his trusty public relations rapid-response handbook."
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The post then includes an excerpt from a new Phila. Inquirer article:

"...Lyon, then Paris. From there to Stuttgart and Dusseldorf.

That itinerary awaits Gov. Corbett and a small entourage of Pennsylvania government and business officials. They embark Saturday on the state's first overseas trade mission since Tom Ridge's administration..."