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EDITORIALS AND OP-EDS
Delaware County Daily Times – School district suit only way to even field
Chestnut Hill Local – Education is more than ‘keeping the doors open
Delaware County Daily Times – Editorial: The hunt for fair education funding formula goes on
Lancaster Online – Op-Ed: School funding shouldn’t be ‘accident of geography’
Pocono Record – Editorial: When all else fails, sue
Montgomery Media – LETTER: It’s time for fair funding of education
NEWS COVERAGE
School-funding suit headed for highest Pa. court – Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 2015
School funding lawsuit headed to Pa. Supreme Court – Philadelphia Daily News, May 21, 2015
Battle over fairness of state education funding heads to Supreme Court – Penn Live, May 20, 2015
Districts and Parents Appeal Pennsylvania School Funding Ruling – Education Week, May 20, 2015
Commonwealth Court decision on Pa. school funding appealed – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, May 20, 2015
Group asks state Supreme Court to hear school funding case – The Notebook, May 20, 2015
School-funding issue heads for high court – Republican Herald – May 3, 2015
Court punts on fair education funding in Pa. – York Daily Record, April 28, 2015
Pa. school funding panel expected to issue recommendations in June – Newsworks/WHYY, April 28, 2015
Schools funding commission closing in on deadline – WITF, April 28, 2015
Editorial: No justice from courts on school funding – Pottstown Mercury, April 26, 2015
Editorial: Another setback for education funding – Delaware County Times, April 26, 2015
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rejects school funding lawsuit – Watchdog, April 22, 2015
Suit challenging school funding headed to top Pa. court – Philadelphia Inquirer, April 22, 2015
Commonwealth Court tosses William Penn School District’s school funding lawsuit – Delaware County Times, April 21, 2015
Pa. court throws out challenge to state’s education funding – Pottstown Mercury, April 21, 2015
School districts, parents will take school-funding challenge to state Supreme Court – The Morning Call, April 21, 2015
School Funding Crusaders to Appeal Suit to State Supreme Court – Philadelphia Magazine, April 21, 2015
Commonwealth Court refuses to step into school funding fray – Penn Live, April 21, 2015
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court dismisses school funding lawsuit – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 21, 2015
Pa. court throws out challenge to state’s education funding – Associated Press, April 21, 2015
Pa. Court Dismisses Districts’ Challenge to State School Funding System – Education Week, April 21, 2015
Court dismisses Pennsylvania school funding case; plaintiffs to appeal – The Notebook, April 21, 2015
School-funding case dismissed – Philadelphia Inquirer, April 21, 2015
William Penn School District advocates: School funding lawsuit a game changer – Delaware County Times, April 11, 2015
Lynne Abraham would sue Harrisburg to adequately fund city schools – Philadelphia Inquirer, April 2, 2015
Education is more than ‘keeping the doors open – Chestnut Hill Local, March 25, 2015
The Notebook – Court hears oral argument in Pa. school funding lawsuit
WURD – Interview with attorney Michael Churchill and petitioner Sheila Armstrong
Delaware County Daily Times – William Penn among districts claiming failures in state school funding
Philadelphia Daily News – Court to determine whether school funding case moves forward
The Notebook – Districts, parents take Pa. government to court over education funding
Newsworks/WHYY – Districts, parents take Pa. government to court over education funding
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Commonwealth Court weighs fate of Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit
CBS Philly – Public Education Advocates Take Pennsylvania To Court Over School Funding
Fox 43 – School districts sue Department of Education over low funding
WITF – Court panel mulls taking up schools funding case
The Morning Call – PA school funding lawsuit lands in catch-22
Penn Live – School funding lawsuit hinges on whether court will hear it
Lancaster Online – School funding lawsuit is ‘like Groundhog Day’ movie, state officials say
Philadelphia Inquirer – School-funding system ‘broken,’ Pa. judges hear
Philadelphia Inquirer – School-funding case aired in Harrisburg
Associated Press – Court to weigh fate of Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit
Lancaster Online – Court to hear first arguments on Pennsylvania school funding lawsuit
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Suit calls state school funding arbitrary and irrational
Allentown Morning Call – Schools suing Pa. Department of Education over funding
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Six school districts file suit against Pennsylvania over school funding
Philadelphia Inquirer – School districts, parents, activists sue Pennsylvania over school funding
Philadelphia Magazine – Lawsuit: School Funding in Pennsylvania is Unconstitutional
Scranton Times-Tribune – Three NEPA schools challenge funding
Associated Press – School Advocates Sue Pennsylvania Over Funding
Pennsylvania Record – Parents, school districts join suit against Pennsylvania’s education funding
Fox 43 (Harrisburg) – Pa. school districts sue state over funding
Fair Education Funding Lawsuit 