Pennsyltucky

Pennsyltucky?

I think it's kind of similar to kids who are home schooled or who attend tbose really small private schools. It all depends on how the parents handle it.

Does this mean that eventually PA schools can no longer be funded by property taxes?

And it always will be because you aren’t asking the school to manage a whole host of issues that are based outside its walls.

It doesn’t change the fact that more and more money into a school system doesn’t always remedy the problems that system suffers from. Because the school can only do so much.

They bury their dead.

I also had a 14 year old in one of my classed in college and always thought it was unfair. This kid was not once hungover and trying to keep it together during that Friday 8am.

https://youtu.be/ls0_zdX2SRw

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Either that, or send the trains to Tyrone and connect to Harrisburg that way. Probably easier. That said, the spur line is ill-maintained jointed rail speed limited to 10-15 mph, as frequently tends to be the case with short line railroads all across the country. Amtrak service would demand significant upgrades, and the spur line doesn't even get close to downtown anyway.

I do think there would be some demand for train service to State College, if the number of Penn State students I've seen getting off the Amtrak in Tyrone and carpooling back to campus is anything to go by.

I recall on the West Side of campus was a bar called “Train Station.” When I was there, it was just a bus depot. But I thought trains did go to SC at one point.

It’s literally a lawsuit about school funding.

My school board just tries to gerrymander the map 🤷‍♂️

Voters

You're oversimplifying, by looking at funding in per-pupil amounts. That ignores the fact that districts with many high-poverty families have higher numbers (and proportions) of students that require learning-support services. Students from well-off families need less intensive resources to be academically successful. In other words, it's cheaper to educate rich kids.

Just look at all of the school districts founded shortly after the Brown v Board ruling of 1954.

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Pennsyltuckians.

Nobody said anything about throwing money at it

Hate.
It's about Hate.

Check your local schools. Are they spening money on teachers or on LED signs out front?

Modern day segregation.

This suit is about inequality in school funding. So, it's specifically addressing schools that are underfunded.

Also, these instances you mentioned are rare. In most cases, higher funding results in higher achievement. A large amount of higher spending but "lower achievement" is due to IEPs and the case of places like Philly it has to do with admin bloat which based on their budget should have the highest per pupil spending but the money doesn't get there.

Per pupil spending also doesn't account for family socioeconomic status, which is the greatest predictor of educational achievement, but SES does define neighborhoods and school districts.

Can you link some?

Ugh, Palmerton school district has some of the highest taxes in carbon county. They have no problem spending money.