{"id":74643,"date":"2019-11-20T09:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a57.833.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=74643"},"modified":"2020-09-14T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T15:27:55","slug":"march-for-equity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.senatorhughes.com\/toxicschools\/march-for-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"March for Equity"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; bottom_divider_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; bottom_divider_height=&#8221;49px&#8221; bottom_divider_flip=&#8221;vertical&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;The fight for a 21st century education for every student takes a walk! &#8221; subhead=&#8221;Sen. Hughes and Rev. 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Gregory Holston joined students from Lower Merion and Overbook high schools for a walk to demonstrate the inequities in school funding between schools less than four miles apart. The students&#8217; march was inspired by Sen. Hughes and Rev. Holston&#8217;s march a year prior.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.3&#8243; color=&#8221;#d1d1d1&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||13px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;|auto|4px|auto||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px||9px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;On Monday August 19, Senator Hughes and the Rev. 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The average of instructional expenditures per student at Lower Merion is more than double the rate at Overbook.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_video src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.senatorhughes.com\/toxicschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Senator-Hughes-and-Rev.-Gregory-Holston\u2019s-Moral-March-Show-PA\u2019s-School-Funding-Inequities-__-August-19-2019.mp4&#8243; image_src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.senatorhughes.com\/toxicschools\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Overbrook-to-Lower-Merion107945.jpg&#8221; thumbnail_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(0,0,0,0.6)&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Senator Hughes and Rev. Gregory Holston\u2019s #Moral March Show PA\u2019s School Funding Inequities :: August 19, 2019 &#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][\/et_pb_video][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#00447f&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||3px|||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Zip code shouldn&#8217;t determine the quality of education:&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|||on|||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#f6ac17&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;55px&#8221;]\n<h1>Zip code shouldn&#8217;t determine the quality of education:<\/h1>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Average instructional expenditures per child:&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.0.6&#8243; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; 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