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What's the deal with school funding reform in Pennsylvania?

Lawmakers and education leaders say Pennsylvania's school funding is flawed, but they don't agree on how to fix it. Here's a rundown of reform efforts.

 

Brother, can you spare a dime? McCaskey students relive Hooverville, spend their day in cardboard boxes

McCaskey students got a taste of homelessness, Great Depression-style, in a makeshift shantytown. The weather made it easy for them. "There’s not enough suffering," teacher frets.

 

Let's talk school funding: Basic Education Funding Commission meets at IU13 today

The Basic Education Funding Commission will meet at Intermediate Unit 13 at 10 a.m. The commission was created to study a new ways for distributing cash to Pennsylvania's 500 school districts.

 

Robbery may have been motive in Lancaster shooting

Victim shot in arm on trail near Euclid Avenue.

 

UPDATE: Man wanted in city shooting

Charges have been filed in a shooting this morning in Lancaster.

 

Fighting for Lancaster County’s most “vulnerable” victims — the elderly and disabled

Prosecutor Megan King leads care-dependent abuse unit, targeting scammers and abusers of Lancaster County's elderly and disabled.

 

Heroin-fueled burglary spree costs E-town man, 20, up to 8 years in prison

Hunter Steinhart, 20, jailed 4 to 8 years for series of heroin-fueled burglaries in western Lancaster County. Steinhart still owes victims $4,229.

 

Water main breaks in Lancaster city

The city water department is working to fix a water main break in the first block of West New Street in Lancaster, city police said.

 

City traffic snarled

Frustrated motorists stuck in Central Parking Garage.

 

Local swim coach charged with possessing child pornography

Patrick Fatta, an assistant swim coach at Hempfield High School, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon on three felony counts of possessing child pornography.

 

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