At Corbett's Philly office, 100 press for 'fair' funding formula for schools
by thenotebook on Dec 09 2013 Posted in Latest news
by Kevin McCorry for NewsWorks
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| Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools |
More than a hundred students, teachers, parents, community members and labor activists rallied Monday at Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett's Philadelphia office, demanding an equitable education funding formula.
Philadelphia was one of 90 cities nationwide in which education advocates gathered to stage events designed to highlight "how dis-investment in public education is damaging our communities."
In the wintry dusk of South Broad Street, the group halted traffic as it chanted call-and-response attacks on the governor's education record, later marching around City Hall as both the temperature and the light fell in the frigid December air.
The formula would be "fair," advocates say, if the state used a transparent, data-driven metric when portioning out its education budget to its 500 school districts.
The ideal metric would divert more cash to school districts tasked with serving a