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Inquirer Editorial: State's turn to do more

After a tortuous year of unseemly power plays, City Council finally made an eleventh-hour promise last week to give Philadelphia's beleaguered public schools an additional $30 million in bond funds to be retired quickly by an increase in the local sales tax.

This city's public education system is neither thorough nor efficient, as required by the state constitution, because the state has not met its responsibility to adequately fund Pennsylvania's schools.
This city's public education system is neither thorough nor efficient, as required by the state constitution, because the state has not met its responsibility to adequately fund Pennsylvania's schools.Read more
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