Education

We will look at what two scholars of democracy say about actions of elected leaders around the world that paved the way for democratic failures. Using their framework, we will review the history of our democracy. We will look at how the actions of our leaders over the last 30 years have put our democracy…

Join Public Education Advocates of Lancaster (PEAL) as they moderate a discussion with panelists from Etown Common Sense, Support Hempfield Schools, and Warwick United about the impact the Independence Law Center and PA Family Institute have had on districts across the county. They'll talk about who the ILC is, what they do, and the divisions…

How Our Constitution Imperils Our Democracy. We will look at what scholars of democracy say about how our constitution enables minority rule, allowing partisan minorities to consistently thwart & even rule over popular majorities. And what can be done to address this. To see the PDF containing the slides of the event, click on this…

Susan Spica (Education Voters PA) and Erin Small (candidate for Hempfield School Board) will update us about what is happening with federal and state education funding for local school districts. Pennsylvania's state funding system for education was declared unconstitutional in 2023. Learn what steps have been taken to remedy this situation and what you can do to…