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Voice: November 2018

Voice Magazine

November 2018

Four years ago, public schools and students were reeling from nearly $1 billion in public school funding cuts. Classroom sizes were significantly increasing, educators were being furloughed, class offerings were being reduced, students were losing extracurricular activities, valuable learning time was being lost to the crush of standardized testing.

Tom Wolf ran for governor opposing those bad policies, instead proposing to invest in public education and find ways to reduce testing and preserve pensions. Upon taking office, he went to work.

Wolf discussed the past four years and his vision for a second term with us at Voice.

This content is intended for PSEA members and their immediate families.

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