Artículo de opinión
Toward a Brighter Future: Court Ruling and Shapiro Budget Proposal Provide Path to Make Real Change in Education Funding
“Education is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution to all school-age children residing in the Commonwealth.” - Commonwealth Court President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer With that one sentence, Commonwealth Court President Judge Renee Cohn...
Mejorar la relación entre alumnos y profesores puede aliviar la crisis de personal
Por el senador Vincent Hughes y Sharif El-Mekki
Hace una década, Pensilvania certificaba a 20.000 nuevos profesores. El año pasado, esa cifra se redujo a 6.000. La escasez crónica de personal, junto con la falta de financiación, está provocando un mayor agotamiento y carreras docentes más cortas.
Esa pérdida de profesores es especialmente preocupante entre las comunidades de color, que representan el 37% del alumnado, pero sólo el 7% de los profesores.
Republican Reopening Scam Is the Worst Kind of Politics
In the last few weeks, Pennsylvania Republicans have ramped up the political theatre in a brazen attempt at politicizing the Wolf Administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. From staged political rallies organized by out-of-state, extreme right-wing...
Los Niños de Filadelfia Llevan Años Asistiendo a Escuelas Tóxicas. Se trata de una crisis nacional
The children of Philadelphia are in dire need of our help. They are at the mercy of a man-made, ticking time bomb that is nearly inescapable. I’m talking about toxic schools. Conditions in Philadelphia schools have needed a remedy for many years. Lead, asbestos,...
Senate Democrats Call for Action on Poverty and Income Insecurity
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats Call for Action on Poverty and Economic Insecurity in Pennsylvania Abril 4 marked the 51st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. To honor Dr. King’s memory, Pennsylvania Senate Democrats...
No more silence: Why our community must address mental health
Depression. Anxiety. Mood disorders. Dementia.
We hear about these and other mental health afflictions in our regular conversations, on television shows and even in our music, but it remains a consistent public health crisis in the black community because of the stigma surrounding topic.
We must act to stop crumbling schools in Philadelphia, across Pa.
Our schools are crumbling. Before the Inquirer reported on the deplorable conditions in Philadelphia schools, I heard that message from parents and students and even viewed it with my own eyes while visiting city schools. Seeing the conditions in which some of our...
La exclusión social impide a las personas de color acceder a una vivienda
The practice of redlining, which segregated communities and prevented minorities from achieving home ownership as their version of the American Dream, appears to be alive and well in our city and many communities across the nation. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 should...
Action to Address Worker Wages First Step on Long Road to Equity
Frustrated by years of resistance from legislative Republicans to raise worker wages, Gov. Tom Wolf announced plans to lift the state’s salary threshold below which Pennsylvania salaried workers automatically receive overtime pay. The governor’s action is...
Philadelphia Takes Control of Schools, but State Still Owes Pupils
Op-ed by Vincent Hughes Mayor Kenney said he wanted to end state oversight of the School District of Philadelphia as a necessary step toward reclaiming local control of our public schools. Now, with the action by the School Reform Commission to disband, control of the...