BASD News
Fund Our Schools PA Workshop
As part of the 2021 Pennsylvania Budget Summit ,on Thursday, March 18, at 1pm, attorneys from the Education Law Center and Public Interest Law Center will share information about Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit, which will go to trial in 2021, in a workshop: Pennsylvania’s School Funding System: Inadequate, Inequitable and Unconstitutional. Join Michael Churchill, counsel for The Public Interest Law Center,…
Read MoreBASD Teacher Nomination for Annual Celebration Dinner hosted by the Foundation for the BASD!
Don’t Forget, Time is running out… It’s that time of year again and one of our own BASD parents and sponsors, Eliot Tracey – State Farm Insurance Agent, is going to sponsor 1 lucky BASD teacher of your choosing and send them to the Annual Celebration Dinner hosted by the Foundation for the BASD! Please…
Read MoreResolution No. 2019 – in Support of Fair Funding Formula for Pennsylvania Schools
How bad is Pennsylvania in the area of equitable education funding? A 2015 Washington Post study found that Pennsylvania’s state and local per-pupil spending in its poorest school districts is 33 percent lower than per-pupil spending in the state’s most affluent school districts, nearly double that of the next worse state and the highest differential…
Read MoreAny Given Child Bethlehem Program
The BASD is very fortunate to be involved in an exciting program in affiliation with the Kennedy Center. We are very gracious for the numerous local organizations participating and very excited for the upcoming opportunities this program has in store for the BASD. Overview The primary goal of the Kennedy Center-supported Ensuring the Arts for Any…
Read MoreJoseph J. Roy: ‘Citizens’ recognize importance of education to community
In case you missed this op-ed piece in the morning call from our BASD superintendent Joseph Roy: No one ever calls my office and asks to speak with me because they are a “citizen.” Callers always ask to speak to me because they are “taxpayers.” I have recently begun to wonder why. Pennsylvania is 47th…
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