Keystone Crossroads Archive
In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Education, convention and liquor legislation Educational activities Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean there ...
10 years ago
In Erie, the school integration plan that could fast-track equity
On the edge of insolvency, district studies controversial proposal In the waning days of the school year, a group of students at S ...
10 years ago
ListenIn Erie, a microcosm of Pennsylvania’s struggle for education equity
State policy has pushed Erie Public Schools to the brink of insolvency. Urban school districts in Pennsylvania face a particularly ...
10 years ago
ListenHow to deal with transit delays — and make people rethink their commutes
Unexpected delays or closures are a huge problem for people who take public transit. A few years ago, I was living in Boston ...
10 years ago
ACLU sues Lancaster school district over education of refugees
The lawsuit says Lancaster failed to offer equal access to education to students with refugee status. ...
10 years ago
Why a coup attempt in Turkey brings protests to the Poconos
A Turkish exile has made his home in Saylorsburg, a small village in Monroe County. Over the weekend, Turkish president Recep Tayi ...
10 years ago
Lawsuit brewing over refugee education in Lancaster
Older student refugees are slipping through the cracks — in part, some allege, because schools are breaking the law. About 17,00 ...
10 years ago
Listen 4:46In case you missed it: This week’s best reads from Pennsylvania cities
Gotta catch ’em all. Headlines, that is. Pennsylvania passed a budget No, this isn’t a joke. Less than two week ...
10 years ago
Wolf directs state planning board to consider policies to help older cities
Tasking them with working on three issues: funding transportation, addressing fragmentation in local government, and supporting Pennsylva ...
10 years ago
Pa. budget deal with education funding boost hinged on compromise, avoiding controversy
Deal hashed out only 13 days overdue. The dust has settled on the 2016-17 Pennsylvania budget, and, as usual, debates over educati ...
10 years ago
ListenBorough will let ban on tenants with drug felonies die
Officials in one Cambria County borough have decided not to fight a recent court ruling that overturned its ban on landlords renting to p ...
10 years ago
The Pennsylvania state guide to tracking down Pokemon
After perusing the papers, one thing is clear: Pokemon Go has deeply infiltrated Pennsylvania. Each weekday morning, one Keystone ...
10 years ago
Making Pa.’s police forces reflect the communities they serve
City police departments are working on diversity. Last week was rough. In separate incidents, young black men were shot and killed ...
10 years ago
Debate over Pa. charter schools gets swirled into larger state budget talks
Negotiations center on potential changes to the nearly 20 year old charter law. A bill that would substantially revise Pennsylvani ...
10 years ago
Pa. cities vary in response to firearm ordinance rulings, legislative activity
Allentown City Council is looking at reinstating as many as three ordinances previously repealed to avoid lawsuits facilitated by Act 192 ...
10 years ago
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