Our View: Fix state’s broken education system

August 23, 2013 – Carlisle Sentinel Editorial –

It’s no surprise that a Sentinel story about No Child Left Behind waivers turned into a larger discussion about Pennsylvania’s funding of public schools. While public school officials and advocates claim that eliminating federal benchmarks based solely on standardized testing is a step in the right direction, it in no way solves underlying problems. Students aren’t being given a fair opportunity to succeed, they rightly point out.

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