2 results for tag: institutional racism
Civil Funding War
Civil Funding War
$700 Billion Economy and $160 Billion a Year in Government Funding
BUT Pennsylvania Still Knowingly-Underfunds its Poorest Boys and Girls
“It’s Going to Take a Non-Violent Civil Funding War to Fix This”
(Harrisburg, PA) – This situation is terribly wrong and it’s time to fix it. For decades Pennsylvania has purposely and knowingly-underfunded our most vulnerable children in mostly minority school districts in broad daylight. Despite wide-knowledge of this situation, the last three (3) state budgets have done little to fix this. Worse, the Governor and General Assembly knowingly-underfund our poorest ...
Racist Zip Codes
Citizens for Fair School Funding
#EquityFirst
Media Contact: Equity First
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 2, 2018
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13 Pennsylvania School Districts Receive Less Than 50% of their Recommended
Level of Basic Education Funding
while 99 School Districts Receive TWICE
their Recommended Level of Basic Education Funding
(Harrisburg, PA) – January 2, 2018 – For 2018, we wish the NFL Steelers and Eagles would take a knee to end racial discrimination in Basic and Special Education Funding in Pennsylvania School Districts. Several studies recognize Pennsylvania’s distribution of ...