Op/Ed: The cost disease in K-12 public education

What every school board director, school administrator, teacher, staff member, parent, and taxpayer needs to know By Michael T. Rock[1], Samuel and Etta Wexler Professor of Economic History, Bryn Mawr College Michael T. Rock Every year school Boards in Pennsylvania like mine, the Unionville Chadds Ford School District, grapple with how to set next year’s school district budget. Historically, annual...

Proponents make economic case on open space

Pennsbury Land Trust Meeting highlights case studies and return on investment to local economy By Donna C. Gregory, Correspondent, UnionvilleTimes.com PENNSBURY — Kristine Kern, Bucks County’s open space coordinator and GreenSpace Alliance board member, made the case for preserving open space during the Pennsbury Land Trust’s annual meeting last week. Kern presented two case studies from Chester...