WEBVTT 00:00.100 --> 00:02.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ♪♪ 00:02.967 --> 00:04.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN PENNSYLVANIA, MORE THAN 00:04.833 --> 00:06.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% 1.7 MILLION STUDENTS ATTEND 00:06.267 --> 00:08.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 00:08.800 --> 00:10.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EVERY CHILD IS GIVEN THE CHANCE 00:10.533 --> 00:12.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION THROUGH 00:12.733 --> 00:14.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT 00:14.033 --> 00:15.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT EVERY DISTRACT IS ABLE TO 00:15.400 --> 00:17.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OFFER THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES. 00:17.600 --> 00:19.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH, THE 00:19.433 --> 00:21.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FINANCIAL CONDITION OF DISTRICTS 00:21.267 --> 00:22.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% VARIES GREATLY, AND THAT EFFECTS 00:22.700 --> 00:24.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO 00:24.133 --> 00:25.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS. 00:25.667 --> 00:27.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EACH YEAR, PENNSYLVANIA'S 00:27.667 --> 00:29.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WEALTHIEST 100 DISTRICTS SPEND, 00:29.667 --> 00:31.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ON AVERAGE, $3,000 MORE PER 00:31.767 --> 00:34.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENT THAN THE POOREST 100. 00:34.533 --> 00:36.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS A RESULT, ONE DISTRICT IS 00:36.000 --> 00:37.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ABLE TO BUILD A NEW 00:37.667 --> 00:39.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATE-OF-THE-ART SCHOOL, WHILE 00:39.633 --> 00:41.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ANOTHER A FEW MILES AWAY, CAN'T 00:41.400 --> 00:43.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AFFORD SIMPLE BUILDING REPAIRS. 00:43.400 --> 00:45.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHILE ONE DISTRIBUTES LAPTOPS TO 00:45.800 --> 00:48.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ITS STUDENTS, ANOTHER DOESN'T 00:48.267 --> 00:49.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAVE ENOUGH TEXTBOOKS TO GO 00:49.333 --> 00:50.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AROUND. 00:50.967 --> 00:53.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT'S GONE TOO FAR, AND IT'S 00:53.233 --> 00:54.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO MANY STUDENTS THAT I HAVE 00:54.267 --> 00:55.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO. 00:55.767 --> 00:57.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I THINK THEY'RE THROWING AWAY A 00:57.467 --> 00:59.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GENERATION OF STUDENTS BECAUSE 00:59.133 --> 01:01.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF INEQUALITIES. 01:01.733 --> 01:03.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> "KEYSTONE CROSSROADS" 01:03.500 --> 01:05.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EXPLORES THE CHALLENGES SHARED 01:05.033 --> 01:05.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BY CITIES AND TOWNS ACROSS 01:05.833 --> 01:07.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA. 01:07.667 --> 01:09.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EACH COMMUNITY IS UNIQUE, BUT 01:09.200 --> 01:10.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL ARE ASKING THE SAME 01:10.300 --> 01:11.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% QUESTION. 01:11.567 --> 01:13.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HOW DO WE REVIVE AND THRIVE IN 01:13.033 --> 01:16.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE 21ST CENTURY? 01:16.100 --> 01:17.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> PUBLIC EDUCATION IS A HUGE 01:17.500 --> 01:19.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PART OF THAT, BUT FOR THE 01:19.933 --> 01:21.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEEDIEST COMMUNITIES IN THE 01:21.933 --> 01:23.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATE, PROVIDING STUDENTS THE 01:23.900 --> 01:24.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION THEY NEED IS A 01:24.767 --> 01:26.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONSTANT STRUGGLE. 01:26.400 --> 01:28.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE A MORE 01:28.600 --> 01:30.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUITABLE WAY TO FUND SCHOOLS? 01:30.200 --> 01:35.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ♪♪ 01:35.367 --> 01:36.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR 01:36.633 --> 01:38.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "KEYSTONE CROSSROADS" 01:38.133 --> 01:39.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION EQUITY IS PROVIDED BY 01:39.533 --> 01:40.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 01:40.533 --> 01:41.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BROADCASTING. 01:41.767 --> 01:43.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK 01:43.833 --> 01:45.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION, AND 01:45.933 --> 01:47.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BY ANNUAL SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS 01:47.200 --> 01:48.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIKE YOU. 01:48.733 --> 01:51.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THANK YOU. 01:51.433 --> 01:54.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "KEYSTONE CROSSROADS" IS A JOINT 01:54.300 --> 01:55.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REPORTING INITIATIVE OF PUBLIC 01:55.300 --> 01:55.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MEDIA STATIONS ACROSS 01:55.767 --> 01:58.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA. 01:58.300 --> 02:01.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ♪♪ 02:01.333 --> 02:02.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> PENNSYLVANIA 02:02.400 --> 02:04.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SPENT 29.4 BILLION DOLLARS ON K 02:04.200 --> 02:07.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THROUGH 12 EDUCATION IN 2014, 02:07.300 --> 02:09.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RANKING IT AS ONE OF THE TOP 02:09.167 --> 02:10.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATES IN THE NATION IN REGARDS 02:10.333 --> 02:13.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO PER PUPIL SPENDING. 02:13.533 --> 02:15.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 02:15.200 --> 02:16.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RATES ARE TYPICALLY ABOVE THE 02:16.367 --> 02:17.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NATIONAL AVERAGE, AND STUDENT 02:17.567 --> 02:19.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACHIEVEMENT HAS BEEN IMPROVING, 02:19.100 --> 02:20.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM. 02:20.833 --> 02:22.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE METHOD THE STATE USES TO 02:22.400 --> 02:24.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRIBUTE SCHOOL FUNDING IS 02:24.100 --> 02:26.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HIGHLY INEQUITABLE. 02:26.500 --> 02:27.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% JAMEIRA WILSON IS A HIGH SCHOOL 02:27.600 --> 02:28.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SENIOR IN 02:28.767 --> 02:31.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LANDSDOWNE DELAWARE COUNTY. 02:31.100 --> 02:32.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIKE MOST STUDENTS HER AGE, SHE 02:32.733 --> 02:33.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GOES TO CLASS, DOES HER HOMEWORK 02:33.967 --> 02:36.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND HANGS OUT WITH FRIENDS. 02:36.433 --> 02:37.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AFTER GRADUATION, SHE'S HOPING 02:37.900 --> 02:39.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO GO ON TO COLLEGE. 02:39.900 --> 02:41.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SHE LIKES HER CLASSES AND DOES 02:41.133 --> 02:42.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WELL, BUT SCHOOL HAS NOT ALWAYS 02:42.533 --> 02:45.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BEEN A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE. 02:45.067 --> 02:46.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UNEXPECTED DISTRACTIONS OFTEN 02:46.700 --> 02:48.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR JAMEIRA 02:48.567 --> 02:49.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND HER CLASSMATES TO 02:49.867 --> 02:51.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONCENTRATE. 02:51.833 --> 02:53.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I REMEMBER WALKING INTO HOME 02:53.333 --> 02:54.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ROOM IN TENTH GRADE, AND THERE 02:54.600 --> 02:56.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WOULD BE, LIKE, A PUDDLE OF 02:56.500 --> 02:58.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WATER ON THE FLOOR BECAUSE IT 02:58.133 --> 02:59.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WAS, LIKE, LEAKING STRAIGHT 02:59.133 --> 03:02.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THROUGH. 03:02.033 --> 03:03.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> JAMEIRA'S MOM REMEMBERS HOW 03:03.933 --> 03:04.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HER DAUGHTER WOULD RACE TO CLASS 03:04.933 --> 03:05.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO MAKE SURE SHE WOULD GET A DRY 03:05.933 --> 03:06.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DESK AWAY FROM THE DRIPPING 03:06.467 --> 03:08.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WATER. 03:08.533 --> 03:10.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> QUITE A FEW TIMES, PARENTS 03:10.300 --> 03:12.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAD COME TO ME BECAUSE I'M ON 03:12.033 --> 03:13.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE PTA AND THEY'RE LIKE, "WELL, 03:13.033 --> 03:13.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, MY KID GOT RAINED ON 03:13.633 --> 03:14.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN CLASS." 03:14.867 --> 03:16.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY CAME HOME WITH THEIR COAT 03:16.133 --> 03:17.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMPLETELY SOAKING WET BECAUSE 03:17.733 --> 03:18.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL OF OUR ROOFS AND MOST OF OUR 03:18.967 --> 03:21.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUILDINGS ARE LEAKING. 03:21.167 --> 03:22.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THAT'S LIFE IN THE 03:22.633 --> 03:24.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT. 03:24.133 --> 03:25.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AN IMPOVERISH SCHOOL SYSTEM 03:25.700 --> 03:27.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SITUATED AMONG PHILADELPHIA'S 03:27.100 --> 03:29.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WESTERN SUBURBS. 03:29.567 --> 03:31.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% JAMIERA AND HER MOTHER KNOW THAT 03:31.167 --> 03:32.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIFE ISN'T LIKE THIS FOR 03:32.400 --> 03:34.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. 03:34.500 --> 03:36.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS A YOUNGSTER, SHE ATTENDED 03:36.267 --> 03:37.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CLASSES IN THE MORE AFFLUENT 03:37.800 --> 03:39.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UPPER MORELAND SCHOOL DISTRICT 03:39.000 --> 03:40.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 03:40.567 --> 03:41.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACCORDING TO STATE AND LOCAL 03:41.933 --> 03:43.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RECORDS, IN 03:43.767 --> 03:45.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE 2014- 2015 SCHOOL YEAR, 03:45.600 --> 03:47.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UPPER MORELAND SPENT 03:47.533 --> 03:48.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ABOUT $2,100 MORE PER STUDENT 03:48.800 --> 03:51.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAN WILLIAM PENN. 03:51.433 --> 03:53.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR AN AVERAGE CLASSROOM SIZE 03:53.067 --> 03:55.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF 30 KIDS, THAT AMOUNTS 03:55.600 --> 03:57.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO $63,000. 03:57.467 --> 03:59.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MULTIPLY THAT BY ALL THE 03:59.267 --> 04:01.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CLASSROOMS ACROSS ALL GRADES AND 04:01.300 --> 04:03.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE SPENDING DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 04:03.700 --> 04:05.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE SCHOOLS BECOMES STAGGERING. 04:05.633 --> 04:07.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR DISTRICTS LIKE 04:07.433 --> 04:08.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UPPER MORELAND, THAT FUNDING 04:08.867 --> 04:09.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DIFFERENCE MEANS BETTER 04:09.933 --> 04:11.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FACILITIES, SMALLER CLASS SIZES, 04:11.900 --> 04:13.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MORE TEACHER ASSISTANCE, MORE 04:13.433 --> 04:15.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TAKE-HOME TEXTBOOKS AND THE MOST 04:15.300 --> 04:16.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IN THE 04:16.500 --> 04:19.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CLASSROOM. 04:19.133 --> 04:21.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENN'S LEAKY ROOF AND LACK OF 04:21.267 --> 04:23.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMPUTERS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF 04:23.133 --> 04:24.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE EQUITIES FELT BY THE STATE'S 04:24.433 --> 04:26.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEEDIEST STUDENTS. 04:26.233 --> 04:27.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE HAVE BUILDINGS THAT, YOU 04:27.733 --> 04:29.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% KNOW, SNOW IS COMING IN, IN THE 04:29.667 --> 04:31.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WINTER, BECAUSE THE WINDOWS 04:31.100 --> 04:32.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AREN'T GREAT AND SO THEY'RE 04:32.633 --> 04:34.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FREEZING, AND IN THE SUMMER, 04:34.433 --> 04:35.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S SO UNBEARABLY HOT THAT THE 04:35.633 --> 04:36.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% KIDS CAN'T BREATHE. 04:36.900 --> 04:39.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHAT THAT ABOUT A STATEMENT 04:39.500 --> 04:42.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ABOUT THE ABILITY OF WHAT 04:42.033 --> 04:43.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING MEANS, WHEN YOU GOT TO 04:43.633 --> 04:44.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STOP SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S TOO 04:44.667 --> 04:45.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HOT. 04:45.933 --> 04:47.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE DIFFICULTIES ARE NOT JUST 04:47.300 --> 04:48.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SEEN IN THE BUILDINGS AND 04:48.900 --> 04:50.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUIPMENT, FUNDING ISSUES ALSO 04:50.100 --> 04:51.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEED TO CUTS IN STAFF AND 04:51.200 --> 04:53.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROGRAMS. 04:53.600 --> 04:56.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> LOSSES OF COUNCILORS, AND 04:56.100 --> 04:58.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOL NURSES, AND LIBRARIANS, 04:58.733 --> 05:00.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND ART, AND MUSIC CLASSES, AND 05:00.667 --> 05:01.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% KINDERGARTEN AND RECESS. 05:01.667 --> 05:03.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL THESE THINGS, I MEAN, THOSE 05:03.500 --> 05:04.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE REAL KIDS IN REAL 05:04.167 --> 05:05.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SITUATIONS. 05:05.333 --> 05:07.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S NOT HYPOTHETICAL. 05:07.033 --> 05:08.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IN 220 BUILDINGS IN 05:08.233 --> 05:08.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PHILADELPHIA, THERE ARE EIGHT 05:08.900 --> 05:10.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIBRARIANS. 05:10.333 --> 05:11.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THERE ARE EIGHT SCHOOLS WITH 05:11.133 --> 05:12.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIBRARIANS. 05:12.900 --> 05:14.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN LOWER MARION, EVERY SCHOOL 05:14.633 --> 05:16.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT ONLY HAS LIBRARIANS, BUT 05:16.133 --> 05:17.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY HAVE A TECH LAB. 05:17.967 --> 05:18.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL MUSIC 05:18.633 --> 05:20.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TUTORS. 05:20.233 --> 05:21.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY HAVE MUSIC AND ARTS FOR 05:21.333 --> 05:24.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EVERY KID. 05:24.600 --> 05:25.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY HAVE AN OLYMPIC SWIMMING 05:25.333 --> 05:27.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POOL. 05:27.800 --> 05:29.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO FOR THE MILLERS, THIS ADDS 05:29.967 --> 05:32.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UP TO A TROUBLING FEELING, THAT 05:32.133 --> 05:34.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TOO MUCH DEPENDS ON ZIP CODE. 05:34.833 --> 05:36.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT PRETTY MUCH DETERMINES 05:36.600 --> 05:37.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHETHER YOUR CHILD HAS QUALITY 05:37.733 --> 05:39.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION OR NOT. 05:39.400 --> 05:41.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> POOR DISTRICTS SIT NEXT TO 05:41.233 --> 05:43.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FAR MORE AFFLUENT DISTRICTS. 05:43.233 --> 05:44.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S AN ISSUE NOT CLUSTERED IN 05:44.867 --> 05:46.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ANY ONE PART OF THE STATE. 05:46.867 --> 05:48.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IN REDDING, IN ALLENTOWN, IN 05:48.733 --> 05:51.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WILKINSBURG, IN WESTERN PA, IN 05:51.033 --> 05:53.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE MON VALLEY, IN THE POOR COLD 05:53.367 --> 05:54.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REGIONS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 05:54.800 --> 05:57.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ERIE, ALTOONA, JOHNSTOWN. 05:57.733 --> 05:59.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS ARE HURTING, AND IT'S 05:59.733 --> 06:01.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% A STARK CONTRAST AND ONE THAT NO 06:01.633 --> 06:03.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PARENT OR COMMUNITY LEADER 06:03.400 --> 06:04.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SHOULD FIND ACCEPTABLE. 06:04.867 --> 06:06.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHERE DO I START? 06:06.833 --> 06:08.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOOKING AROUND AT THIS SCHOOL, 06:08.033 --> 06:08.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS USED TO BE MY CHILDREN'S 06:08.733 --> 06:10.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOL. 06:10.233 --> 06:12.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S FALLEN APART. 06:12.000 --> 06:13.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO WHY IS IT THAT THIS 06:13.933 --> 06:15.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICT IN THE CENTER IS DOING 06:15.433 --> 06:17.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO WELL, BUT SOME OF THE OTHER 06:17.033 --> 06:18.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ONES THAT ARE RIGHT NEAR US, 06:18.467 --> 06:19.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT IS NOT TRICKLING DOWN? 06:19.967 --> 06:22.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT IS NOT TRANSFERRING IN 06:22.100 --> 06:23.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ORDER TO HELP, YOU KNOW, ALL 06:23.633 --> 06:25.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THESE AREA SCHOOLS TO DO WELL. 06:25.200 --> 06:26.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT'S A COMMON STORY. 06:26.967 --> 06:28.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH MUCH 06:28.500 --> 06:29.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LESS TO SPEND ON THEIR STUDENTS 06:29.800 --> 06:30.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAN ANOTHER JUST A FEW MILES 06:30.667 --> 06:33.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AWAY. 06:33.433 --> 06:34.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN 2015, THE FEDERAL EDUCATION 06:34.967 --> 06:36.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DEPARTMENT CALLED PENNSYLVANIA'S 06:36.833 --> 06:38.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATIONAL FUNDING SYSTEM THE 06:38.500 --> 06:41.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MOST INEQUITABLE IN THE NATION. 06:41.733 --> 06:43.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, HOW DID IT GET THIS WAY? 06:43.733 --> 06:46.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA IS VERY RELIANT ON 06:46.300 --> 06:48.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOCAL WEALTH TO FUND SCHOOLS, 06:48.433 --> 06:49.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITH FEWER DOLLARS COMING FROM 06:49.367 --> 06:51.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE COMMONWEALTH. 06:51.200 --> 06:52.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE PROBLEM IS COMPOUNDED, SINCE 06:52.867 --> 06:54.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE VAST MAJORITY OF STATE 06:54.500 --> 06:55.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING HAS BEEN DULLED WITHOUT 06:55.967 --> 06:58.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOGICALLY GAUGING STUDENT NEED. 06:58.833 --> 07:00.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THAT'S THE RESULT OF 07:00.267 --> 07:01.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POLITICAL DECISIONS THAT HAVE 07:01.667 --> 07:03.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BEEN MADE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS 07:03.533 --> 07:05.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BY BOTH PARTIES THROUGH VARIOUS 07:05.033 --> 07:06.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ADMINISTRATIONS AT THE LOCAL, 07:06.933 --> 07:08.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL. 07:08.733 --> 07:10.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> MOST STATE MONEY IS 07:10.700 --> 07:12.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRIBUTED WITHOUT TAKING INTO 07:12.367 --> 07:13.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACCOUNT THE HURDLES DISTRICTS 07:13.533 --> 07:14.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FACE TO DELIVER QUALITY 07:14.300 --> 07:16.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION. 07:16.167 --> 07:17.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THINGS LIKE POVERTY LEVELS AND 07:17.300 --> 07:18.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LACK OF PROFICIENCY WITH THE 07:18.167 --> 07:21.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 07:21.033 --> 07:22.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EQUITY MEANS MEET THEM WHERE 07:22.700 --> 07:23.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY ARE AND TEACH THEM FROM 07:23.667 --> 07:26.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THERE. 07:26.333 --> 07:27.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, SOME KIDS ARE GOING TO NEED, 07:27.800 --> 07:28.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, YOU GOING TO HAVE SOME 07:28.967 --> 07:30.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% KIDS HERE AND SOME KIDS ARE 07:30.067 --> 07:31.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GOING TO NEED A COUPLE OF STEPS 07:31.767 --> 07:33.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO BE EVEN, AND THAT'S HOW THE 07:33.067 --> 07:35.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING SHOULD LOOK. 07:35.633 --> 07:37.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT SHOULD BE DIFFERENTIATED TO 07:37.000 --> 07:38.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BE ABLE TO EVEN THE PLAYING 07:38.867 --> 07:40.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FIELD AND ALL KIDS ARE STARTING 07:40.933 --> 07:42.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FROM THE SAME STARTING LINE AND 07:42.167 --> 07:43.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RUNNING THROUGH THE FINISHING 07:43.100 --> 07:45.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LINE TOGETHER. 07:45.100 --> 07:46.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> STUDIES SHOW CHILDREN LIVING 07:46.533 --> 07:48.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN POVERTY OFTEN BEGIN THEIR 07:48.000 --> 07:49.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION BEHIND THEIR MORE 07:49.233 --> 07:51.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AFFLUENT PEERS. 07:51.133 --> 07:52.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS MEANS THEY MAY REQUIRE 07:52.667 --> 07:54.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES 07:54.000 --> 07:54.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO MEET THE SAME ACADEMIC 07:54.933 --> 07:57.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STANDARDS. 07:57.433 --> 07:58.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE'RE NOT PUTTING KIDS ON A 07:58.600 --> 07:59.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PATHWAY TO ADULT SUCCESS, SO 07:59.933 --> 08:01.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT MEANS THEY ARE MORE LIKELY 08:01.233 --> 08:02.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO BE INVOLVED IN CRIMINAL 08:02.800 --> 08:03.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% JUSTICE. 08:03.467 --> 08:04.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 08:04.133 --> 08:06.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DEPENDENT ON WELFARE. 08:06.200 --> 08:08.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MEDICAID, MAYBE INCARCERATED. 08:08.267 --> 08:10.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, ALL THOSE ARE -- THERE ARE 08:10.133 --> 08:11.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COSTS I HAVE TO PAY AS A 08:11.567 --> 08:13.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TAXPAYER BECAUSE IN THE EARLIER 08:13.667 --> 08:15.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DAYS, IN THE K-12 DAYS, WE 08:15.333 --> 08:16.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DIDN'T MAKE THE INVESTMENTS 08:16.733 --> 08:18.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEEDED FOR THAT KID TO SUCCEED 08:18.567 --> 08:20.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS AN ADULT. 08:20.400 --> 08:22.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> A DEEPER DIVE INTO STATE 08:22.300 --> 08:23.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING AS REVEALED AN EVEN MORE 08:23.767 --> 08:25.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALARMING TREND. 08:25.567 --> 08:27.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IN ALMOST EVERY CASE, THE 08:27.567 --> 08:29.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICT THAT POOR AND WHITE IS 08:29.133 --> 08:30.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GOING TO BE GETTING 08:30.800 --> 08:32.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SUBSTANTIALLY MORE FUNDING PER 08:32.233 --> 08:33.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENT THAN THE ONE THAT'S POOR 08:33.067 --> 08:34.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND BLACK. 08:34.133 --> 08:35.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHEN WE SHOULD THIS TO 08:35.767 --> 08:37.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEGISLATORS, THEY WERE SHOCKED 08:37.300 --> 08:39.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT REALIZED IT 08:39.033 --> 08:40.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEMSELVES, THAT THIS WAS 08:40.933 --> 08:42.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAPPENING AS A PART OF THEIR 08:42.700 --> 08:43.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INSTITUTION. 08:43.967 --> 08:45.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT'S NOT JUST A COUPLE OF 08:45.567 --> 08:47.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS HERE AND THERE THAT 08:47.533 --> 08:48.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE OUTLIERS BECAUSE THEY ARE 08:48.800 --> 08:49.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GETTING NOT ENOUGH FUNDING OR 08:49.333 --> 08:50.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TOO MUCH FUNDING. 08:50.267 --> 08:52.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S SYSTEMATIC THAT 08:52.567 --> 08:53.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACROSS 500 DISTRICTS, WHITER 08:53.900 --> 08:55.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS GET MORE MONEY PER 08:55.600 --> 08:57.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENT THAN WOULD BE THEIR FAIR 08:57.600 --> 08:59.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SHARE AND LESS WHITE DISTRICTS 08:59.700 --> 09:01.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GET LESS THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. 09:01.800 --> 09:03.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE ARE 09:03.133 --> 09:05.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SAYING INDIVIDUALS WHO 09:05.333 --> 09:06.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEGISLATORS ARE RACIST. 09:06.567 --> 09:09.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYBODY'S 09:09.600 --> 09:12.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHARACTER IN THAT WAY, BUT I AM 09:12.400 --> 09:15.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SAYING THAT THE POLICIES AND 09:15.267 --> 09:17.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROCEDURES AND THE WAY THEY HAD 09:17.367 --> 09:19.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COME UP WITH FUNDING FOR YEARS 09:19.800 --> 09:21.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAS SIMPLY PRODUCED A VERY 09:21.867 --> 09:24.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RACIST RESULT. 09:24.700 --> 09:27.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO WHY WE 09:27.600 --> 09:29.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CANNOT HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT 09:29.200 --> 09:30.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IS DETERMINANT UPON WHERE YOU 09:30.867 --> 09:32.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GREW UP. 09:32.667 --> 09:34.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE COLOR 09:34.867 --> 09:39.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND RACE, BUT HAVE TO ALSO SEE 09:39.100 --> 09:41.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE COMMONALITY THAT EXISTS IN 09:41.200 --> 09:43.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS CONVERSATION, AND WE'VE GOT 09:43.133 --> 09:44.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO FIGURE OUT A NEW WAY TO 09:44.700 --> 09:47.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ADDRESS THIS. 09:47.267 --> 09:49.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> ALL PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL 09:49.200 --> 09:50.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS RECEIVE THEIR MONEY 09:50.833 --> 09:52.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FROM THREE PRIMARY SOURCES, 09:52.500 --> 09:54.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOCAL TAXES, STATEMENT 09:54.367 --> 09:55.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% APPROPRIATIONS AND FEDERAL 09:55.233 --> 09:56.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDS. 09:56.867 --> 09:58.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THESE THREE STREAMS COMBINED TO 09:58.833 --> 10:00.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CREATE THE MONEY THE SCHOOL 10:00.367 --> 10:01.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS WORK WITH EACH YEAR 10:01.567 --> 10:03.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHEN THEY DRAFT THEIR BUDGETS. 10:03.333 --> 10:05.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN 2015, LOCAL MONEY MADE UP 10:05.600 --> 10:07.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF 10:07.267 --> 10:09.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL-SCHOOL FUNDING, STATE MONEY 10:09.167 --> 10:11.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AROUND 36 PERCENT AND FEDERAL 10:11.567 --> 10:14.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDS THE FINAL EIGHT PERCENT. 10:14.300 --> 10:16.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SINCE THE STATE'S PERCENTAGE OF 10:16.533 --> 10:18.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OVERALL EDUCATION FUNDING IS SO 10:18.600 --> 10:20.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOW, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE FORCED 10:20.200 --> 10:21.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO RELY HEAVILY ON LOCAL TAX 10:21.500 --> 10:23.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REVENUES. 10:23.467 --> 10:25.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO OF COURSE, THE DISTRICTS 10:25.400 --> 10:27.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT ARE WEALTHY AND HAVE THE 10:27.367 --> 10:28.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HIGHEST PROPERTY TAX REVENUES 10:28.533 --> 10:29.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY TO PUT 10:29.433 --> 10:30.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INTO THEIR SCHOOLS, AND THE ONES 10:30.733 --> 10:31.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT ARE POOR HAVE LESS TO START 10:31.367 --> 10:32.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OUT WITH. 10:32.600 --> 10:34.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE STATE'S JOB IS TO COME IN 10:34.100 --> 10:35.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND EQUALIZE ALL OF THAT OUT, TO 10:35.967 --> 10:38.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CHILDREN 10:38.633 --> 10:41.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FROM LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES WITH 10:41.133 --> 10:43.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SMALLER REVENUES OFF OF PROPERTY 10:43.667 --> 10:44.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TAXES GETS THE SAME AS THOSE WHO 10:44.867 --> 10:45.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE AT THE HIGH END. 10:45.967 --> 10:47.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK RIGHT NOW, 10:47.367 --> 10:49.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ONLY 36 PERCENT OF FUNDS USED 10:49.900 --> 10:51.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR BASIC EDUCATION OF 10:51.400 --> 10:52.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA RAISED TO THE STATE 10:52.533 --> 10:53.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEVEL. 10:53.767 --> 10:55.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY 10:55.067 --> 10:56.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO TRY TO GET THAT SHARE OF THE 10:56.567 --> 10:57.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BURDEN AT LEAST UP 10:57.967 --> 11:00.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO 50 PERCENT. 11:00.133 --> 11:03.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, IT'S MORE OF A 50/50 SPLIT 11:03.500 --> 11:04.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BETWEEN STATE GOVERNMENT AND 11:04.100 --> 11:04.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOCAL GOVERNMENT INVESTING IN 11:04.533 --> 11:05.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 11:05.267 --> 11:06.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> DEPENDENCE ON LOCAL FUNDING 11:06.400 --> 11:07.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IS A CENTRAL PROBLEM FOR MANY 11:07.767 --> 11:09.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS. 11:09.200 --> 11:10.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POOR, RURAL AND URBAN 11:10.533 --> 11:12.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO RAISE 11:12.367 --> 11:14.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDS TO PAY FOR BASIC SCHOOL 11:14.167 --> 11:17.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEEDS. 11:17.433 --> 11:18.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IRONICALLY, THE POOR COMMUNITIES 11:18.467 --> 11:19.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE OFTEN HOME TO THE HIGHEST 11:19.300 --> 11:19.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROPERTY TAX RATES IN 11:19.700 --> 11:21.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA. 11:21.600 --> 11:23.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I WOULD SAY THAT OUR PROPERTY 11:23.633 --> 11:24.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TAXES WERE RAISED, IN SOME 11:24.733 --> 11:27.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CASES, 200 OR 400 OR 500 PERCENT 11:27.733 --> 11:28.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% . 11:28.400 --> 11:29.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO 11:29.067 --> 11:29.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BE POLITICALLY FEASIBLE TO RAISE 11:29.433 --> 11:30.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROPERTY TAXES. 11:30.533 --> 11:31.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I MEAN, HOW MUCH MORE ARE 11:31.700 --> 11:33.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PEOPLE SUPPOSED TO PAY? 11:33.800 --> 11:34.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY ARE ALL READY STRUGGLING 11:34.767 --> 11:36.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ENOUGH AS IT IS. 11:36.500 --> 11:37.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE CANNOT FUND THE DISTRICT 11:37.700 --> 11:40.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ON THE BACKS OF OUR HOME OWNERS. 11:40.633 --> 11:43.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S JUST NOT FISCALLY 11:43.467 --> 11:44.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RESPONSIBLE, AND PERSONALLY IT'S 11:44.533 --> 11:46.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT VIABLE. 11:46.533 --> 11:47.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SOME SUGGEST FUNDING SHOULD 11:47.833 --> 11:49.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BE TAKEN FROM WEALTHIER 11:49.100 --> 11:52.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS AND RELOCATED TO ONES 11:52.400 --> 11:52.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITH FAR FEWER RESOURCES. 11:52.933 --> 11:56.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT EVERYONE AGREES. 11:56.067 --> 11:59.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND 11:59.100 --> 12:00.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO HAVE 12:00.300 --> 12:00.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT TAKEN AWAY. 12:00.933 --> 12:01.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> PARENTS LIKE AARON LUNDBERG 12:01.633 --> 12:02.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DON'T FEEL TAKING FROM ONE 12:02.267 --> 12:02.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENT TO GIVE TO ANOTHER IS A 12:02.733 --> 12:03.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SOLUTION. 12:03.833 --> 12:05.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHAT I WOULD LOVE IS FOR MORE 12:05.900 --> 12:08.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PARENTS LIKE US, WHO ARE 12:08.633 --> 12:10.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DIFFERENT ACROSS DISTRICTS, 12:10.200 --> 12:11.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACROSS COUNTIES, TO HAVE 12:11.067 --> 12:12.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONVERSATIONS. 12:12.633 --> 12:14.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS 12:14.433 --> 12:17.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO HELP EACH OTHER UNDERSTAND 12:17.000 --> 12:18.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EACH OTHER'S REALITIES AND SEE 12:18.467 --> 12:19.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IF THERE IS A PLACE TO MEET IN 12:19.733 --> 12:21.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE MIDDLE. 12:21.967 --> 12:24.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> STATE EDUCATION SECRETARY 12:24.900 --> 12:26.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PEDRO RIVERA SAYS THIS IS ABOUT 12:26.100 --> 12:27.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PINNING ONE DISTRICT AGAINST 12:27.033 --> 12:29.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ANOTHER. 12:29.967 --> 12:32.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT 12:32.467 --> 12:33.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS WHO ATTEND IN AFFLUENT 12:33.433 --> 12:34.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMUNITIES SHOULD GET LESS. 12:34.400 --> 12:35.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, AS IN MATTER IN FACT, 12:35.733 --> 12:37.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WE ARE SAYING THAT THEY DESERVE 12:37.033 --> 12:39.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL OF THE RESOURCES THAT EXIST 12:39.367 --> 12:40.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN THEIR SCHOOLS. 12:40.300 --> 12:43.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEIR PARENTS DESERVE TO KNOW 12:43.567 --> 12:44.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT THEIR KIDS ARE BEING CARED 12:44.600 --> 12:45.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR EACH AND EVERY DAY. 12:45.133 --> 12:46.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT ALL 12:46.033 --> 12:47.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO 12:47.667 --> 12:49.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, TO THE SAME 12:49.667 --> 12:51.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RESOURCES TO HAVING THEIR SOCIAL 12:51.133 --> 12:54.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS MET. 12:54.100 --> 12:56.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE FINANCIAL CONDITIONS IN 12:56.333 --> 12:57.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE 12:57.533 --> 12:59.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GOTTEN SO BAD, THAT MANY HAVE 12:59.300 --> 13:00.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOST FAITH THAT ELECTED 13:00.167 --> 13:01.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OFFICIALS WILL EVER RECTIFY THE 13:01.533 --> 13:03.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ISSUE. 13:03.467 --> 13:04.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO, A COALITION OF PARENTS, 13:04.900 --> 13:06.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS AND ADVOACTES HAVE 13:06.533 --> 13:07.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TAKEN THEIR MESSAGE TO THE 13:07.133 --> 13:09.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COURTS. 13:09.067 --> 13:10.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY HOPE JUDGES WILL SEE THE 13:10.500 --> 13:12.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UNFAIRNESS OF THE SYSTEM AND 13:12.533 --> 13:13.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ISSUE A COURT DIRECTIVE TO MAKE 13:13.733 --> 13:15.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THINGS BETTER. 13:15.300 --> 13:16.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 13:16.967 --> 13:18.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GETTING EVERYBODY UP TO, YOU 13:18.733 --> 13:19.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% KNOW, THE CADILLAC VERSION OF 13:19.867 --> 13:21.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION, BUT JUST A BASIC 13:21.667 --> 13:23.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION, WHICH WE ARE NOT 13:23.933 --> 13:25.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOING AND IN FACT, WE ARE 13:25.367 --> 13:26.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% VIOLATING THE STATE CONSTITUTION 13:26.867 --> 13:27.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BY NOT PROVIDING THIS TO OUR 13:27.367 --> 13:29.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS. 13:29.000 --> 13:31.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE PENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION 13:31.700 --> 13:33.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SAYS THE LEGISLATURE MUST 13:33.500 --> 13:34.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROVIDE FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND 13:34.600 --> 13:36.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SUPPORT OF A THOROUGH AND 13:36.000 --> 13:37.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF PUBLIC 13:37.633 --> 13:39.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION. 13:39.367 --> 13:41.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AT A HEARING LAST FALL, 13:41.133 --> 13:42.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE STATE 13:42.900 --> 13:44.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARGUED THE BAR FOR MEETING THE 13:44.533 --> 13:45.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONSTITUTIONAL PROMISE WAS VERY 13:45.267 --> 13:47.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOW. 13:47.533 --> 13:49.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> LAWYERS FOR THE GENERAL 13:49.400 --> 13:51.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ASSEMBLY MADE THE ARGUMENT BOTH 13:51.733 --> 13:53.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN COMMONWEALTH COURT AND AGAIN 13:53.033 --> 13:54.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT 13:54.567 --> 13:56.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT AS LONG AS THE LIGHTS ARE 13:56.100 --> 13:57.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ON IN SCHOOLS AND THE DOORS ARE 13:57.733 --> 13:59.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OPEN, THEY ARE MEETING THEIR 13:59.100 --> 14:00.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATION AND 14:00.633 --> 14:02.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT THAT IS ALL THE COURT CAN 14:02.667 --> 14:03.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOOK TO. 14:03.333 --> 14:04.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE 14:04.433 --> 14:06.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REASON WHY WE'RE -- WE HAVE A 14:06.167 --> 14:09.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LAW SUIT NOW BECAUSE THOSE 14:09.467 --> 14:11.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PEOPLE WHO MAKE DECISIONS ARE 14:11.333 --> 14:13.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT NECESSARILY LOOKING AT THE 14:13.367 --> 14:15.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FACTS AND THE FIGURES AND THE 14:15.933 --> 14:17.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROBLEMS THAT CONTINUE TO OCCUR. 14:17.500 --> 14:18.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE CREATING 14:18.833 --> 14:20.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MORE PROBLEMS. 14:20.633 --> 14:22.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> ACCORDING TO THE COMPLAINT, 14:22.600 --> 14:24.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA'S CURRENT EDUCATION 14:24.433 --> 14:25.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING SYSTEM DISCRIMINATES 14:25.800 --> 14:28.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AGAINST CHILDREN BASED ON WHERE 14:28.033 --> 14:28.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY LIVE AND THE WEALTH OF 14:28.667 --> 14:30.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEIR COMMUNITIES. 14:30.133 --> 14:32.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT CLAIMS IT USES AN ILLOGICAL 14:32.600 --> 14:34.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING DISTRIBUTION METHOD THAT 14:34.600 --> 14:36.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOES NOT PROVIDE ALL STUDENTS 14:36.200 --> 14:37.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITH THE ESSENTIAL RESOURCES 14:37.800 --> 14:38.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY NEED TO MEET BASIC STATE 14:38.567 --> 14:40.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MANDATED REQUIREMENTS. 14:40.600 --> 14:42.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS THE 14:42.500 --> 14:45.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE THAT 14:45.100 --> 14:47.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SYSTEM, AND THE WAY THAT THEY 14:47.167 --> 14:48.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE DRIVING DOLLARS OUT IS NOT 14:48.600 --> 14:49.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MEETING THAT CONSTITUTIONAL 14:49.533 --> 14:52.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REQUIREMENT. 14:52.033 --> 14:56.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT'S A SIMILAR ARGUMENT TO 14:56.233 --> 14:57.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PAST CASES, BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT 14:57.233 --> 14:57.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS TIME AROUND, IS THE 14:57.933 --> 14:59.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMONWEALTH NOW HAS ACADEMIC 14:59.133 --> 15:01.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STANDARDS AND STATE TESTS THAT 15:01.067 --> 15:02.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DEFINE WHAT IS REQUIRED OF 15:02.067 --> 15:03.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 15:03.700 --> 15:05.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE PLAINTIFFS ARGUE THE STATE 15:05.467 --> 15:06.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ISN'T PROVIDING THE RESOURCES 15:06.833 --> 15:07.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEEDED TO MEET THOSE 15:07.733 --> 15:09.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EXPECTATIONS. 15:09.300 --> 15:11.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE CASE AS MADE SOME STRANGE 15:11.000 --> 15:14.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BEDFELLOWS. 15:14.400 --> 15:15.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED 15:15.333 --> 15:15.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEGISLATURE BELIEVES THE SUIT 15:15.800 --> 15:17.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SHOULD BE THROWN OUT, SO DOES 15:17.500 --> 15:19.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR TOM WOLF, 15:19.100 --> 15:20.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHO HAS CONTINUALLY PUSHED FOR A 15:20.833 --> 15:23.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BIGGER STATE EDUCATION BUDGET. 15:23.533 --> 15:25.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BOTH SAY SCHOOL FUNDING SHOULD 15:25.367 --> 15:26.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BE LEFT TO ELECTED OFFICIALS, 15:26.067 --> 15:27.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT THE COURTS. 15:27.667 --> 15:30.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT 15:30.300 --> 15:31.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROPER 15:31.433 --> 15:32.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MANNER OF FUNDING THAT 15:32.967 --> 15:33.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION, AND I THINK THAT'S 15:33.800 --> 15:34.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACTUALLY THE HOT BUTTON DEBATE 15:34.533 --> 15:35.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT'S GOING ON IN HARRISBURG 15:35.000 --> 15:36.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RIGHT NOW. 15:36.633 --> 15:37.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE PLAINTIFFS BELIEVE THE 15:37.700 --> 15:39.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LAW SUIT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER 15:39.167 --> 15:40.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO FORCE THE STATE TO MAKE 15:40.867 --> 15:42.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION FUNDING MORE 15:42.267 --> 15:45.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUITABLE, AND SOME LAWMAKERS 15:45.200 --> 15:47.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AGREE. 15:47.200 --> 15:48.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK IN MANY RESPECTS, 15:48.267 --> 15:49.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 15:49.067 --> 15:49.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COURTS TO JUST TAKE OVER AND SAY 15:49.867 --> 15:51.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS HAS TO BE DONE AND FORCE 15:51.733 --> 15:53.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE ISSUE TO ORDER BECAUSE I'M 15:53.433 --> 15:55.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT SURE THE LEGISLATURE HAS THE 15:55.167 --> 15:55.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CAPACITY TO REALLY GET IT DONE 15:55.833 --> 15:57.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ON ITS OWN. 15:57.100 --> 15:58.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE STATE SUPREME COURT IS 15:58.667 --> 15:59.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EXPECTED TO DECIDE LATER THIS 15:59.733 --> 16:02.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YEAR IF THE CASE CAN PROCEED. 16:02.100 --> 16:03.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ♪ 16:03.933 --> 16:05.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> PENNSYLVANIA'S SYSTEM OF 16:05.767 --> 16:07.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRIBUTING STATE EDUCATION 16:07.300 --> 16:08.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS 16:08.900 --> 16:11.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARBITRARY AND UNPREDICTABLE. 16:11.300 --> 16:13.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOL DISTRICTS WOULD OFTEN 16:13.400 --> 16:14.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAVE TO SET THEIR ANNUAL BUDGETS 16:14.600 --> 16:15.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITHOUT KNOWING HOW MUCH FINDING 16:15.900 --> 16:17.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY WOULD EVEN RECEIVE. 16:17.300 --> 16:18.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> FOR YEARS, PENNSYLVANIA WAS 16:18.733 --> 16:20.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ONE OF THE FEW STATES IN AMERICA 16:20.167 --> 16:20.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT DIDN'T HAVE A FUNDING 16:20.700 --> 16:22.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FORMULA. 16:22.933 --> 16:25.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND DISTRICTS GOT THEIR STATE 16:25.533 --> 16:27.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING THROUGH BACKROOM DEALS. 16:27.133 --> 16:27.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, THE CLASSIC KIND OF 16:27.700 --> 16:29.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UH -- 16:29.133 --> 16:31.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HARRISBURG POLITICS. 16:31.200 --> 16:32.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IN 2014, THE SAME YEAR THE 16:32.433 --> 16:34.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LAWSUIT WAS FILED, A STATE 16:34.133 --> 16:35.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED TO 16:35.700 --> 16:38.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FIX THAT. 16:38.700 --> 16:41.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN 16:41.000 --> 16:42.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MEMBERS OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE, 16:42.167 --> 16:42.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE 16:42.833 --> 16:44.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GOVERNORS ADMINISTRATION. 16:44.767 --> 16:46.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE COMMISSION HELD HEARINGS 16:46.333 --> 16:47.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH AND 16:47.667 --> 16:49.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RECEIVED TESTIMONY FOR MORE THAT 16:49.067 --> 16:50.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% 110 PEOPLE INCLUDING 16:50.800 --> 16:51.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SUPERINTENDENTS, ACADEMICS 16:51.767 --> 16:52.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PARENTS AND THE BUSINESS 16:52.467 --> 16:54.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMUNITY. 16:54.167 --> 16:55.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE TRY TO INCLUDE EVERYONE 16:55.700 --> 16:57.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHO HAS STANDING IN PUBLIC 16:57.400 --> 16:58.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATION TO BE PART OF THE 16:58.733 --> 17:00.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CONVERSATION. 17:00.367 --> 17:01.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE 17:01.333 --> 17:02.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HEARINGS WAS USED TO PUT 17:02.733 --> 17:05.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TOGETHER A NEW BASIC EDUCATION 17:05.167 --> 17:07.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING FORMULA THAT WOULD TAKE 17:07.133 --> 17:09.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INTO CONSIDERATION DISTRICT 17:09.567 --> 17:11.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BASED FACTORS INCLUDING POVERTY 17:11.467 --> 17:13.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEVELS, THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF 17:13.000 --> 17:14.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS, THE DISTRICTS SIZE AND 17:14.067 --> 17:16.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE ABILITY OF THE DISTRICT TO 17:16.300 --> 17:17.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RAISE LOCAL REVENUE. 17:17.767 --> 17:19.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO THAT'S WHY WE NEEDED TO 17:19.467 --> 17:20.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE NEW 17:20.433 --> 17:21.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PLATFORM WHERE DISTRICTS CAN 17:21.667 --> 17:23.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LOOK AMONGST EACH OTHER AND 17:23.633 --> 17:25.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE GETTING 17:25.400 --> 17:26.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY PER 17:26.333 --> 17:27.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER 17:27.000 --> 17:28.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICT. 17:28.500 --> 17:30.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND IF YOU DO THAT, THE 17:30.100 --> 17:31.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FORMULA'S MORE PREDICTABLE AND 17:31.033 --> 17:32.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RELIABLE. 17:32.800 --> 17:34.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT WAS OUR GOAL. 17:34.333 --> 17:36.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> AFTER MONTHS OF ANALYSIS AND 17:36.767 --> 17:39.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DELIBERATIONS, THE COMMISSION 17:39.333 --> 17:40.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SUBMITTED A FORMAL PROPOSAL TO 17:40.333 --> 17:43.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND IN JUNE 17:43.333 --> 17:45.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% 2016, GOVERNOR WOLFE SIGNED INTO 17:45.033 --> 17:46.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LAW, A LANDMARK BILL THAT 17:46.267 --> 17:47.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CREATED A NEW LOGIC BASED 17:47.667 --> 17:48.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FORMULA THAT'S WON BIPARTISAN 17:48.567 --> 17:50.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PRAISE. 17:50.500 --> 17:52.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT REALLY IS NOT TOO 17:52.800 --> 17:54.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMPLICATED. 17:54.900 --> 17:56.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BECAUSE, YOU'RE JUST TALKING 17:56.500 --> 17:58.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ABOUT WEIGHING A TOTAL NUMBER OF 17:58.100 --> 17:59.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS BASED ON NEED. 17:59.867 --> 18:01.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND LOOKING AT RELATIVE WEALTH 18:01.100 --> 18:02.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN A DISTRICT AND CAN PARRY 18:02.267 --> 18:04.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AMONGST EACH OTHER. 18:04.100 --> 18:06.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE NEW FORMULA CONSIDERS 18:06.133 --> 18:07.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENT BASED FACTORS LIKE 18:07.667 --> 18:08.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POVERTY, ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND 18:08.767 --> 18:10.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHARTER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. 18:10.667 --> 18:12.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS WELL AS DISTRICT FACTORS LIKE 18:12.400 --> 18:14.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POPULATION, AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD 18:14.400 --> 18:17.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INCOME AND LOCAL TAX EFFORTS. 18:17.200 --> 18:19.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THOSE FACTORS ARE USED TO CREATE 18:19.033 --> 18:20.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AN ADJUSTED HEADCOUNT FOR EACH 18:20.067 --> 18:21.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICT, WHICH IS THEN USED TO 18:21.167 --> 18:22.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMPUTE EACH DISTRICTS SHARE OF 18:22.333 --> 18:24.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AVAILABLE FUNDING. 18:24.700 --> 18:26.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT A FORMULA 18:26.267 --> 18:27.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LIKE THAT, YOU'RE NOW 18:27.333 --> 18:28.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INTRODUCING -- 18:28.767 --> 18:32.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AT LEAST STARTING DOWN THE ROAD 18:32.167 --> 18:33.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF PROVIDING EQUITABLE 18:33.600 --> 18:34.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES. 18:34.433 --> 18:35.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EDUCATION ADVOCATES FAVORED 18:35.833 --> 18:37.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE NEW FORMULA FOR SYSTEMICALLY 18:37.200 --> 18:38.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RECOGNIZING THAT ALL DISTRICTS 18:38.400 --> 18:39.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FACED DIFFERENT BURDENS AND 18:39.867 --> 18:41.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THOSE BURDENS REQUIRE VARYING 18:41.733 --> 18:44.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LEVELS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 18:44.400 --> 18:46.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST 18:46.167 --> 18:47.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROBABLY TH MOST PROGRESSIVE 18:47.567 --> 18:48.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING FORMULA FOR SCHOOLS IN 18:48.767 --> 18:50.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE COUNTRY. 18:50.600 --> 18:51.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROBLEM IS, THERE'S HARDLY ANY 18:51.433 --> 18:52.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MONEY GOING THROUGH IT. 18:52.233 --> 18:54.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO WE HAVE THIS GREAT THING ON 18:54.333 --> 18:55.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE BOOKS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY 18:55.033 --> 18:56.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHANGING THE PLAYING FIELD. 18:56.100 --> 18:57.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE NEW SCHOOL FUNDING 18:57.567 --> 18:59.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FORMULA IS ONLY BEING USED TO 18:59.500 --> 19:01.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRIBUTE INCREASES IN FUNDING 19:01.100 --> 19:02.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE STATE ALLOCATES TO THE 19:02.200 --> 19:04.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOLS EACH YEAR. 19:04.233 --> 19:06.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO ABOUT FIVE OR SIX PERCENT 19:06.167 --> 19:07.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF THE STATE MONEY IN EDUCATION 19:07.133 --> 19:08.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IS GOING FOR THE FORMULA. 19:08.767 --> 19:13.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT MEANS 95 PERCENT IS NOT. 19:13.500 --> 19:15.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WITHOUT DRAMATICALLY UPPING 19:15.967 --> 19:18.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE AMOUNT OF NEW STATE DOLLARS, 19:18.567 --> 19:21.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ESTIMATES ARE, IT WILL TAKE MORE 19:21.233 --> 19:22.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT 20 YEARS BEFORE EVEN HALF 19:22.033 --> 19:22.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE BASIC EDUCATION FUNDS WOULD 19:22.533 --> 19:24.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BE DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY. 19:24.500 --> 19:25.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I HEAR THERE ANSWERS AND I 19:25.467 --> 19:27.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HEAR THEIR PROJECTIONS FOR SOME 19:27.033 --> 19:28.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TIME DOWN THE LINE, SOMETIME IN 19:28.100 --> 19:31.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE FUTURE. 19:31.933 --> 19:33.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUT THIS IS A RIGHT NOW PROBLEM. 19:33.300 --> 19:35.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHY COULDN'T WE PHASE IT IN 19:35.733 --> 19:38.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OVER TIME, IN A QUICKER WAY THAN 19:38.133 --> 19:39.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ONLY APPLYING TO NEW MONEY? 19:39.767 --> 19:40.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> STATE LAW MAKERS SAY A FASTER 19:40.833 --> 19:42.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FORMULA IS 19:42.733 --> 19:43.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% JUST NOT FEASIBLE. 19:43.933 --> 19:45.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> TO IMMEDIATELY CORRECT THAT 19:45.633 --> 19:46.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DECISION AND PUT ALL THE DOLLARS 19:46.767 --> 19:47.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THROUGH THE NEW BASIC AND 19:47.733 --> 19:49.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING FORMULA -- 19:49.033 --> 19:49.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU WOULD BASICALLY CLOSE 19:49.433 --> 19:50.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOWN -- 19:50.667 --> 19:52.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, 250-300 SCHOOL 19:52.067 --> 19:53.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICTS ON AUTOMATICALLY ON 19:53.067 --> 19:54.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT DAY. 19:54.100 --> 19:55.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 19:55.533 --> 19:56.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIXED 19:56.800 --> 19:59.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OVERNIGHT. 19:59.133 --> 20:00.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS AND WE 20:00.633 --> 20:01.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT 20:01.000 --> 20:02.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DIRECTION. 20:02.100 --> 20:04.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EVEN IF ON PAPER, THE STATES 20:04.333 --> 20:05.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SOMEHOW LEVELED THE PLAYING 20:05.500 --> 20:07.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FIELD FINANCIALLY BETWEEN POOR 20:07.700 --> 20:09.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND WEALTHY DISTRICTS, MANY 20:09.233 --> 20:09.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BELIEVE THAT WOULD NOT GO FAR 20:09.967 --> 20:11.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ENOUGH TO BOOSTING ACADEMIC 20:11.333 --> 20:13.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OUTCOMES IN STRUGGLING SCHOOLS. 20:13.133 --> 20:13.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> LET'S NOT JUST TALK ABOUT 20:13.933 --> 20:16.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOLLARS. 20:16.200 --> 20:17.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LET'S TALK ABOUT PRODUCTION. 20:17.333 --> 20:19.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LET'S TALK ABOUT -- 20:19.700 --> 20:21.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% YOU KNOW, HOW WE'RE TRYING TO 20:21.167 --> 20:22.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATE THOSE KIDS. 20:22.833 --> 20:24.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LET'S TALK ABOUT PERSONNEL 20:24.367 --> 20:26.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITHIN THOSE BUILDINGS. 20:26.333 --> 20:27.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LET'S TAKE A CUMULATIVE LOOK AT 20:27.367 --> 20:29.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHAT WE COULD DO TO ENHANCE 20:29.067 --> 20:29.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THOSE SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES. 20:29.967 --> 20:31.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOLLARS ARE PART OF IT, BUT THE 20:31.633 --> 20:32.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% QUALITY PRODUCED WITH THOSE 20:32.967 --> 20:35.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DOLLARS MATTERS AS WELL. 20:35.367 --> 20:36.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WHEN A PUBLIC SCHOOL 20:36.867 --> 20:37.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STRUGGLES FINANCIALLY, THE 20:37.933 --> 20:38.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE 20:38.367 --> 20:40.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CAN BE AFFECTED. 20:40.033 --> 20:41.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC CHARTER 20:41.300 --> 20:42.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SCHOOL SAY, "IN THAT 20:42.633 --> 20:44.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CIRCUMSTANCE, CHARTERS OFFER AN 20:44.533 --> 20:45.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OPPORTUNITY" AND MANY PARENTS 20:45.233 --> 20:48.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE MAKING THAT CHOICE. 20:48.867 --> 20:52.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK DISPARITY AMONG 20:52.533 --> 20:53.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCED WITHIN 20:53.667 --> 20:55.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS ONE 20:55.500 --> 20:56.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF THE REASONS WHY A LOT OF 20:56.467 --> 20:57.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHARTERS STARTED POPPING UP. 20:57.533 --> 20:58.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BECAUSE IT WAS THIS -- 20:58.600 --> 21:00.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHOICE. 21:00.867 --> 21:03.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> IN 2016, MORE THAT 21:03.133 --> 21:04.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% 150 CHARTER SCHOOLS OPERATED IN 21:04.467 --> 21:06.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA. 21:06.733 --> 21:08.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHARTERS ARE INDEPENDENTLY RUN 21:08.267 --> 21:10.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WHICH BOOSTERS SAY ARE ABLE TO 21:12.633 --> 21:14.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOCUS MORE RESOURCES ON THE 21:14.000 --> 21:14.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS, COMPARED TO THEIR 21:14.900 --> 21:16.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PUBLIC SCHOOL COUNTER PARTS, 21:16.633 --> 21:18.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITHOUT COSTING TAX PAYERS MORE 21:18.033 --> 21:19.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MONEY. 21:19.633 --> 21:22.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> THE CHARTER SCHOOL MOVEMENT 21:22.000 --> 21:24.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAS INTRODUCED COMPETITION INTO 21:24.533 --> 21:27.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% A PUBLIC EDUCATION REFORM WHERE 21:27.033 --> 21:28.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE WASN'T. 21:28.067 --> 21:31.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SO ALL SCHOOLS KNOW, THAT UNLESS 21:31.200 --> 21:32.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% I SERVE MY CHILDREN WELL, UNLESS 21:32.433 --> 21:33.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MY OUTCOMES ARE STRONG AND KIDS 21:33.833 --> 21:35.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE LEARNING, PARENTS ARE 21:35.500 --> 21:36.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SATISFIED, PARENTS ARE GOING TO 21:36.767 --> 21:38.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHOOSE SOME PLACE ELSE. 21:38.667 --> 21:40.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> BUT NOT ALL CHARTERS ARE 21:40.100 --> 21:41.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CREATED EQUALLY. 21:41.633 --> 21:43.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SOME ARE WORKING WELL AND THEIR 21:43.167 --> 21:46.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING. 21:46.800 --> 21:48.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUT OTHERS ARE NOT MEETING 21:48.500 --> 21:49.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PARENTAL AND COMMUNITY 21:49.567 --> 21:50.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EXPECTATIONS, WHICH RESULTS IN 21:50.633 --> 21:51.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE STUDENTS SUFFERING. 21:51.567 --> 21:52.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE 21:52.700 --> 21:53.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PART OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 21:53.467 --> 21:54.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FABRIC. 21:54.033 --> 21:55.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY'RE HERE. 21:55.367 --> 21:57.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND SO, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT 21:57.600 --> 22:01.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HOW WE CREATE REFORMS TO 22:01.033 --> 22:04.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RESPONSIBLY ALLOW FOR CHARTER 22:04.600 --> 22:07.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GROWTH WHILE ALSO IMPLEMENTING 22:07.600 --> 22:09.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES SO 22:09.100 --> 22:10.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO 22:10.233 --> 22:13.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE GOOD ONES. 22:13.000 --> 22:17.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 22:17.233 --> 22:21.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ISN'T LEFT BANKRUPT AND WITH NO 22:21.000 --> 22:24.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ABILITY TO MANAGE WHERE THEIR 22:24.100 --> 22:24.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STUDENTS ARE AND WHAT THEY HAVE 22:24.733 --> 22:25.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO PAY FOR. 22:25.567 --> 22:26.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EVEN CHARTERS THAT HAVE 22:26.800 --> 22:28.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% POSTED IMPRESSIVE GAINS WARN 22:28.067 --> 22:29.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AGAINST THINKING THE CHARTER 22:29.700 --> 22:30.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SECTOR SOMEHOW SHOWS CURRENT 22:30.800 --> 22:31.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATE EDUCATION FUNDING LEVELS 22:31.967 --> 22:34.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE ADEQUATE. 22:34.833 --> 22:35.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> SO THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF 22:35.933 --> 22:37.367 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INVESTMENT WE NEED TO MAKE IN 22:37.367 --> 22:39.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SUPPORTING KIDS. 22:39.333 --> 22:40.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, BUT 22:40.500 --> 22:42.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REMEDIATING ACADEMICS. 22:42.633 --> 22:45.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND NOT JUST SOCIALLY, BUT 22:45.233 --> 22:46.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOCUSING ON KIDS WHO ARE IN DEEP 22:46.033 --> 22:47.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NEED. 22:47.100 --> 22:47.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT REQUIRES SOCIAL WORKERS, 22:47.733 --> 22:49.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT REQUIRES UM -- 22:49.600 --> 22:51.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TUTORING. 22:51.233 --> 22:53.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT REQUIRES MORE TARGETED 22:53.267 --> 22:54.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INSTRUCTION IN SMALL GROUPS. 22:54.633 --> 22:55.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT COSTS MONEY. 22:55.800 --> 22:57.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE DO HAVE TO DECIDE. 22:57.333 --> 22:59.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT'S WHAT BUDGETS ARE ABOUT. 22:59.167 --> 22:59.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THEY'RE DECISIONS ABOUT YOUR 22:59.800 --> 23:01.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% VALUES. 23:01.867 --> 23:03.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND IF VALUE OUR KIDS AND VALUE 23:03.167 --> 23:04.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OUR COMMUNITIES AND VALUE THEIR 23:04.933 --> 23:06.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUTURES, THEN WE'LL INVEST. 23:06.000 --> 23:07.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WE'RE NOT THROWING MONEY, IT'S 23:07.233 --> 23:08.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AN INVESTMENT, IT MAKES A 23:08.900 --> 23:12.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DIFFERENCE DOWN THE LINE. 23:12.067 --> 23:13.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> JUST TWO HOURS NORTH OF 23:13.633 --> 23:15.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA, EDUCATORS ARE 23:15.533 --> 23:16.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FINDING SOLUTIONS TO THEIR OWN 23:16.600 --> 23:18.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUITY PROBLEMS. 23:18.500 --> 23:20.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IN THE 1990'S, THE EDUCATION 23:20.833 --> 23:22.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SYSTEM IN ONTARIO, CANADA LOOKED 23:22.567 --> 23:25.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% A LOT LIKE PENNSYLVANIA'S DOES 23:25.400 --> 23:26.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TODAY. 23:26.133 --> 23:26.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WITH SCHOOL FUNDING BASED 23:26.900 --> 23:28.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% LARGELY ON LOCAL WEALTH. 23:28.633 --> 23:30.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUT IT MADE A FEW KEY CHANGES. 23:30.667 --> 23:32.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT ELIMINATED THE LOCAL SCHOOL 23:32.633 --> 23:34.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PROPERTY TAX, SO FUNDING NOW 23:34.167 --> 23:36.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMES FROM THE PROVINCE. 23:36.167 --> 23:37.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IT ALSO GREATLY REDUCED ITS 23:37.700 --> 23:39.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NUMBER OF SCHOOL BOARDS, WHICH 23:39.400 --> 23:40.833 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% INCREASED THE RACIAL, SOCIAL AND 23:40.833 --> 23:41.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ECONOMIC DIVERSITY OF EACH 23:41.733 --> 23:44.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% DISTRICT. 23:44.033 --> 23:45.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS A RESULT, HIGH SCHOOL 23:45.633 --> 23:46.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% GRADUATION RATES AND TEST SCORES 23:46.433 --> 23:50.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HAVE CLIMBED. 23:50.300 --> 23:51.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ACHIEVEMENT GAPS BETWEEN WEALTHY 23:51.667 --> 23:53.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND POOR STUDENTS HAVE NARROWED. 23:53.567 --> 23:55.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATORS IN ONTARIO SITE MANY 23:55.200 --> 23:56.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REASONS FOR THEIR SUCCESS BUT 23:56.900 --> 23:58.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MUCH OF IT COMES BACK TO THE 23:58.100 --> 23:59.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% IDEA OF EQUITY. 23:59.567 --> 24:02.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I THINK WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION 24:02.800 --> 24:04.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AS ADVOCATES -- 24:04.433 --> 24:05.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE 24:05.900 --> 24:07.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AN OBLIGATION AS POLICY MAKERS 24:07.567 --> 24:10.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO WORK TOWARDS A SYSTEM THAT 24:10.067 --> 24:11.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% MEETS THAT IDEAL. 24:11.400 --> 24:12.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT EDUCATION IS THE GRAND 24:12.200 --> 24:13.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUALIZER. 24:13.533 --> 24:17.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 24:17.867 --> 24:20.167 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I'M HOPING THAT THEY -- 24:20.167 --> 24:21.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT THERE IS MORE OF THIS 24:21.467 --> 24:22.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND KIND 24:22.500 --> 24:23.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OF INCENTIVES FOR DISTRICTS THAT 24:23.300 --> 24:23.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ARE DOING WELL TO HELP OTHERS 24:23.667 --> 24:24.667 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT ARE NOT. 24:24.667 --> 24:25.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> WE HAVE TO HAVE AN 24:25.700 --> 24:26.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE ALL IN 24:26.967 --> 24:28.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THIS TOGETHER. 24:28.267 --> 24:29.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EDUCATION EQUITY IS 24:29.867 --> 24:30.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR 24:30.933 --> 24:32.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL KIDS. 24:32.800 --> 24:34.633 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND WHEN WE SAY ALL IT'S 24:34.633 --> 24:36.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY, RACE, 24:36.300 --> 24:41.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BACKGROUND, SOCIOECONOMIC 24:41.100 --> 24:42.567 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% STATUS, REGARDLESS OF ZIP-CODE. 24:42.567 --> 24:43.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUITY MEANS ALL. 24:43.800 --> 24:44.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EVERY CHILD DESERVES AN 24:44.333 --> 24:45.300 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OPPORTUNITY HAVE THE EDUCATION 24:45.300 --> 24:46.433 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THAT WILL PROPEL THEM FORWARD. 24:46.433 --> 24:48.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> I AM CONFIDENT THAT THE CURE 24:48.967 --> 24:49.900 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR CANCER IS ONE OF THOSE KIDS 24:49.900 --> 24:50.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% RIGHT THERE. 24:50.767 --> 24:51.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OR IN SIMILAR SITUATED SCHOOLS 24:51.867 --> 24:52.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ALL ACROSS THE STATE OF 24:52.967 --> 24:54.033 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA. 24:54.033 --> 24:54.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% OR IN FACT, ALL ACROSS THE 24:54.767 --> 24:56.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NATION. 24:56.533 --> 24:58.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BUT WHEN WE DON'T ALLOW THE 24:58.600 --> 25:01.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FUNDING TO GO IN TO UNLOCK THAT 25:01.867 --> 25:03.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BRILLIANCE, THEN WE ALL LOSE. 25:03.533 --> 25:06.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% WE ALL LOSE. 25:06.400 --> 25:06.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> JEMEIRA MILLER WILL GRADUATE 25:06.933 --> 25:08.100 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR. 25:08.100 --> 25:10.767 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% SHE AND HER MOTHER CONTINUE TO 25:10.767 --> 25:11.700 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% HOPE FOR GREATER EQUITY AMONG 25:11.700 --> 25:12.867 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS 25:12.867 --> 25:14.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% FOR ALL STUDENTS. 25:14.467 --> 25:21.400 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> EVERY STUDENT DESERVES THE 25:21.400 --> 25:24.233 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CHANCE TO PURSUE THEIR DREAMS. 25:24.233 --> 25:26.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EVERY STUDENT DESERVES TO HAVE 25:26.933 --> 25:29.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUAL EDUCATION. 25:29.467 --> 25:30.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EVERY STUDENT IN ALL OF OUR 25:30.333 --> 25:31.600 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% COMMUNITIES HERE IN 25:31.600 --> 25:32.200 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% PENNSYLVANIA, DESERVES A CHANCE 25:32.200 --> 25:35.467 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. 25:35.467 --> 25:36.733 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% >> MAJOR FUNDING FOR 25:36.733 --> 25:38.333 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% "KEYSTONE CROSSROADS: EDUCATION 25:38.333 --> 25:39.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% EQUITY IS PROVIDED BY THE 25:39.967 --> 25:41.000 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC 25:41.000 --> 25:42.267 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% BROADCASTING. 25:42.267 --> 25:42.933 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM 25:42.933 --> 25:44.133 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% NETWORK. 25:44.133 --> 25:45.967 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THE WILLIAM PENN FOUNDATION. 25:45.967 --> 25:47.067 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% AND BY ANNUAL SUPPORT FROM 25:47.067 --> 25:48.800 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 25:48.800 --> 25:50.500 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% THANK YOU. 25:49.533 --> 25:50.533 align:left position:0%,start line:93.33% size:100% ♪