Here’s a selection of resources that provide information about the need for equity in education funding.
Detailed Explanation of Formula
School Funding Lawsuit
- https://www.pubintlaw.org/cases-and-projects/school-funding-lawsuit/
- https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/
Basic Education Funding Commission Report
The 2015 Basic Education Funding Commission Report
Advocacy Groups
Here’s a list of education funding advocacy groups fighting the good fight:
- POWER Interfaith- https://powerinterfaith.org/campaigns/education/
- Equity First- http://supportequityfirst.org/
- PCCY- https://www.pccy.org/issues/education/
- Education Voters of Pennsylvania- http://educationvoterspa.org/issues/education-funding/
Fair Funding in the Press
Articles, op-eds, and letters to the editor on the issue:
- Segregation in Pennsylvania schools: How a ZIP code determines the quality of a child’s education
- Student: Separate and unequal: The problem with Pennsylvania’s public school funding
- Pa.’s budget must address glaring inequities in school funding | Opinion
- Pottstown schools finally getting online learning
- YEAR IN REVIEW: Racial bias revealed in state’s school funding
- Your View: Pa. school funding far from fair
- Despite increase, Pottstown remains most underfunded district in the region
- POWER: State education funding is a textbook example of structural racism
- We must raise voices for fair school funding