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Democratic candidates criticize school choice amid budget stalemate
(The Center Square) — To fix education funding, Democrats want to see the state government take on a bigger proportion of school funding. “The state budget is now almost a week late. We expect some critical decisions will be made over this weekend that we hope complete the budget,” said Marc Stier, executive director of the Pennsylvania Policy Center, during an online press conference with two Democratic state senate candidates. “The most critical decision will be about how we fund our schools.” ...
Pine-Richland notebook: Rams welcome new boys basketball section opponents , Trib HSSN
Mt. Lebanon’s Sam Diebolt pulls down a rebound over Pine-Richland’s Andrew Medelovich (23), Grant Spacciapolli (right) and Zach Kenny (35) during the WPIAL Class 6A quarterfinals Feb. 23, 2024, at Mt. Lebanon High School. A new two-year cycle for WPIAL and PIAA sports brings some changes in section...
Admission Director Q&A: J.R. McGrath of Carnegie Mellon Tepper
For this installment of our Admissions Director Q&A series, we welcome back J.R. McGrath, Executive Director of Masters Admissions at the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business. J.R. has been at Tepper for the past 3.5 years and accepted the role of Executive Director in October 2022. He has previously...
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