Headed east on the Turnpike, I'm hearning plenty about the devastation to public education now taking place under the banner of "reform". Massive cuts to the education budget, firings of teachers and increased class sizes are expected to reverse many, if not all gains schools may have made in the past few decades.
A survey of Pennsylvania school districts released Thursday suggests teacher layoffs, instructional program cuts and tax increases beyond inflation are increasingly likely if Gov.
Tom Corbett's cut of more than $1
