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A Rosh Hashanah ritual calls out alleged public school failings in Philly
by Sam Wood, Posted: September 20, 2020
There is no lake, sea, or stream outside the headquarters of the School District of Philadelphia.
That wasn’t going to stop the performance of a Jewish purification ritual that usually calls for handfuls of breadcrumbs, representing sins or failings, to be cast into a body of water that carries them away.
A trio of rabbis led a Tashlich ceremony Sunday in front of the School District offices, marking the Jewish new year by calling out a litany of ways state and local government have failed city schoolchildren.
“Traditionally, Tashlich is a personal ritual,” said Rabbi Linda Holtzman of the ...
If #BlackLivesMatter, why does Pennsylvania have the most racist school funding in the nation? | Opinion
Posted Aug 22, 2020
By Crystal Echeverria
I am a student in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. I am not blind to what has been happening for decades in my state. School districts with large minority populations are under-funded by millions of dollars every year in basic and Special Education funding. Some of the most underfunded school districts include Harrisburg School District (the capital city) which was underfunded by $37 million, Reading by $101 million, Scranton by $29 million, City of Philadelphia by $440 million and York by $59 Million, every year!
Even though they signed school funding formula laws, the Governor and General Assembly ...