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Short Changing Students: How the Ten Year Tax Abatement Underwrites Luxury Developments and Starves Schools

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PCAPS in the News: Full Funding Friday Press Coverage

Posted on October 28, 2013by wearepcaps

Full Funding Friday Seven, with PCAPS, 10/25/13
CBS3, 10/25/13:

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NBC10, 10/25/13:

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CW Philly, 10/25/13:

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“Protesters Rally Against School District Budget Cuts,” CBS3, 10/25/13

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/10/25/protesters-rally-against-school-district-budget-cuts/

“Protests at city schools over teacher losses the “final straw”” Philadelphia Daily News, 10/27/13

http://articles.philly.com/2013-10-27/news/43435202_1_charter-schools-city-schools-combined-grades

“Cook-Wissahickon parents, students protest looming ‘leveling’ changes,” Newsworks, 10/25/13

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/nw-philadelphia/61217-cook-wissahickon-parents-students-protest-looming-leveling-changes

“Absolutely reprehensible”, Roxborough Review, 10/25/13

http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2013/10/25/roxborough_review/news/doc526a9749b5601540562154.txt

“What $45 Million? Parents say recent funds are not improving conditions at Philadelphia public schools,” NBC10, 10/24/13

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/What-45-Million-Philadelphia-School-Funding-229138271.html

“Cook-Wissahickon Parents Planning Protest Friday,” Roxborough-Manayunk Patch, 10/24/13

http://roxborough.patch.com/groups/schools/p/cookwissahickon-parents-planning-protest-friday

“School rallies expected this morning to protest loss of teachers,” Philadelphia Daily News, 10/25/13

http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20131025_School_rallies_expected_this_morning_to_protest_loss_of_teachers.html#Ar3UilOw7IRs0pgg.99

Full Funding Friday #7

Posted on October 28, 2013by wearepcaps

Last Friday seven schools across the city held rallies to inform parents and the public about the impact of budget cuts and to demand full funding for our schools.