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OPINION
Feb 2026 3

OPINION: Every Pa. student deserves to enjoy reading and writing

By | EDUCATION, OPINION, Megan King

Not every family can afford private tutoring to help their children learn to read. Not all families know what questions to ask, resources to buy, or have the time to sit with their children and read every night. It’s time for our Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to assume a proactive role. This starts with ensuring teacher preparation programs include courses and field experience about how to teach structured literacy, with educator certification tests reflecting these skills.

Lancaster, PA - March 2: Samantha Hull reads a childrens book about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to her four year-old daughter Cecily in their home in Lancaster, Pa. on Wednesday afternoon, March 2, 2022. Hull has been fighting book bans all school year as a school librarian in Lancaster County, Pa., where conservatives are pushing to remove books that touch on gender identity and racism
Nov 2025 24

OPINION: Pennsylvania students deserve better than a delayed state budget

By | STATE LEGISLATURE, OPINION, Heather Romberger

In Pennsylvania, districts burdened by adequacy funding gaps, poverty isn't an abstract concept—it’s the daily reality for 70% of enrolled students. In July 2024, the Pennsylvania General Assembly delivered a landmark, bipartisan solution by codifying a new methodology for calculating the state's obligation to underfunded districts and integrating it into the 2024-25 state budget. In my home district, that alarming figure swelled to 77%.

OPINION - The Keystone Newsroom
Oct 2025 30

OPINION: Billionaire-backed groups are throwing money at Pennsylvania Supreme Court races. Here’s why that’s a problem

By | VOTING, OPINION, Deborah Hinchey

In Pennsylvania, state Supreme Court justices are up for retention vote every 10 years after they are first elected. Instead of pitting candidates against the judges, these retention elections provide a depoliticized way for voters to choose yes or no on whether they want judges to continue serving on the bench for another decade. 

Supreme Court
May 2025 29

Opinion: New poll finds Pennsylvanians oppose dismantling US Department of Education

By | EDUCATION, OPINION, Aaron Chapin

Since taking office, President Trump and his administration have waged an unprecedented campaign to shutter the US Department of Education and dismantle public education as we know it in this nation. At risk is $1.6 billion in crucial federal funding that supports the education of 1.7 million public school students in rural, urban, and suburban communities across Pennsylvania, and a vast majority of Pennsylvanians do not want the Trump administration messing with it.

Art teacher speaks with a student