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David Lapp retweeted
Smiling because yesterday Council enacted the Get Out The Bike Lane Bill I introduced alongside @councilmemberkj!
This legislation reaffirms that bike lanes are for bikes by prohibiting stopping in bike lanes citywide.
When vehicles stop in bike lanes it makes everyone unsafe. And it discourages Philadelphians from using one of the most affordable and sustainable transportation methods.
I am immensely grateful to Council President Johnson for his leadership on Vision Zero!
David Lapp retweeted
The evening Trump was impeached for inciting insurrection, but before the Senate vote on whether to convict him, he vowed that those who "engaged in the attacks last week will be brought to justice." That is, those he now calls "hostages" & "political prisoners" & vows to pardon.
David Lapp retweeted
Researchers say homeless students continue to go under-identified in Pennsylvania .@jillianforstadt .@905wesa .@davidblapp .@Research4Action
wesa.fm/education/2024-10-17…
David Lapp retweeted
My oldest son just turned 20. I watched @chrislhayes’ report on this 20 yr-old who was burned alive in Gaza & wept.
We all want to keep our kids safe,
but I cannot make sense of a security that incinerates other people’s children.
David Lapp retweeted
What's really happening in Charleroi, PA? Terrific reporting from @ORMorrison on Haitian migration to the Mon Valley town. wesa.fm/identity-community/2…
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We came together to deliver student teacher stipends for the first time in our Commonwealth’s history.
Now, more than 2,000 student teachers across Pennsylvania will get paid for their work teaching our kids — we’re taking a real step towards tackling the teacher shortage.
David Lapp retweeted
ICYMI: At a webinar last fall, @SchoolHouseConn and LPI shared key research on funding for students experiencing homelessness and discussed how districts are using ARP-HCY funds to improve outcomes for students experiencing homelessness. learningpolicyinstitute.org/…
David Lapp retweeted
📖This month's newsletter ➡️Cultivating Community as Research and Evaluation Directors (Inspired by the @RPP_Network's Annual Forum🙂) linkedin.com/pulse/cultivati…
David Lapp retweeted
With early voting starting in just 65 days in a few states, David asked this very reasonable question. I'm not an expert, but my general understanding of the situation is this: 1/
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David Lapp retweeted
Many conservatives now accept with bored acquiescence the near certainty that Trump, if elected, will dismiss both federal indictments against himself. Yet it would be an abuse far greater than the Saturday Night Massacre that once shocked the nation...
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David Lapp retweeted
With a $15 billion state surplus Senate leaders have all the resources they need to make sure every student reaps the benefits of a great teacher! @PASenateGOP
"State leaders often talk about public schools in poor areas as 'failing,' but the reality is that our public leaders are failing our schools."
#FinishTheJob #fundpapublicschools
pennlive.com/opinion/2024/07…
David Lapp retweeted
True #edequity goes beyond school funding because funding alone has barriers
- It's costly to equalize high-poverty schools
- Political realities limit funding redistribution
- Funding alone can't fix the lack of advanced teachers
we need funding equity AND integration
David Lapp retweeted
I spoke today at @LWVLancasterPA lunch, then listened to a speaker from @powerinterfaith on fair school funding. Lots of data I hadn't seen, including Research for Action Educational Opportunity Dashboard.
PA has largest opportunity gap in US. Still. 2023.
researchforaction.org/educat…
David Lapp retweeted
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Once again, PA is ranked as having one of the most regressive tax codes in the country.
But it doesn't have to be this way! Let's bring #TaxJustice to Pennsylvania pennpolicy.org/the-tax-justi…
#TaxJusticePA
44 state tax systems worsen income inequality.
When the lowest-income households pay the greatest share of their income in state and local taxes, gaps between the wealthy and everyone else grow larger.
Learn more about your state's ranking here: itep.org/whopays-7th-edition…
David Lapp retweeted
"I think it's kind of backwards that a Pennsylvania family of four making $56,000 does not qualify for free lunch, but a family of four making, $150,000 can receive EITC scholarship to go to private school." @RepKinkead #PABudget #FundPAPublicSchools
David Lapp retweeted
PA's current education funding system is failing 87% of the our students. Donna Cooper's testimony to the PA House Democratic Policy Cmte today laid out specific steps lawmakers must take to fund public schools.
Read how at childrenfirstpa.org/news/tes…
#FundPASchools
David Lapp retweeted
The new civil rights movement
AZ taxpayers face a $400 million shortfall for voucher program they were told would only cost $65 million. Gap will be bigger next year. These programs aren’t targeting the needy either. More than half of voucher recipients are already in private school. thenation.com/?post_type=art…
