PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Editorial: His fans are calling Gov. Corbett courageous for ignoring impassioned pleas to drop his pledge not to raise taxes. ..
Corbett’s first budget slashed $860 million in public-school funding. Schools are now suffering tremendously as a result. Yet the governor adheres to his no-tax pledge, including a refusal to even consider a tax on shale-gas drilling that might in part be used for education.
Districts have been forced to increase class sizes, slash programs, freeze salaries, and lay off staff. The picture will only worsen without state intervention… (more)
