By Joseph Batory    Published in the Delaware County Daily Times  May 20, 2019 Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court had dismissed a major lawsuit challenging the State system of public education funding in 2015 (William Penn School District et al. v. PA Department of Education et al). It was filed in 2014 by the Education Law Center […]

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The Rotary Foundation of Philadelphia, the charity arm of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia, has just completed distribution of its annual grant awards for fiscal year, 2018-2019. More than $32,000.00 has been distributed among 20 different needy organizations in the Philadelphia community and beyond. “Our outreach via small grant awards is a meaningful way to […]

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Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review            May 2019 By Joseph Batory A research study by the Rockefeller Foundation’s (In Pursuit of Better Schools) analyzing public education funding nationally has revealed significant inequalities among school systems across the United States with differences ranging in per pupil funding ranging from […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                                        April 22, 2019  By JOSEPH P. BATORY, Times Columnist When I became Upper Darby’s Superintendent of Schools in 1984, many thousands of Vietnamese immigrants had already arrived in the […]

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              Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                                       April 14, 2019 By Joseph Batory. Daily Times Columnist He died well before his time. But he left behind the legacy of […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                                    April 1, 2019                                         By Joseph Batory The Soviet Union may be […]

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Published in the Center City Concerned Citizens Review   March 2019 By Joseph Batory One of Trump’s key campaign promises was that if elected president, he would “drain the swamp” In Washington. But his appointees and associates have turned out to be the biggest swamp load of unsavory characters ever… with numerous resignations, investigations, indictments and […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                      Sunday, February 3, 2019 By Joseph batory Some people believe that there are magic formulas which create miracle school improvements.  In this view, all students across the USA are ready to learn, so all schools have to do […]

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Joseph Batory was the recipient of the 2019 Inspire Award at the reception of Philadelphia’s prestigious Musicopia organization Saturday at The Ethical Society in center city on Saturday, February 2.  The Musicopia Inspire Award annually recognizes one individual who has had a significantly positive impact on very large numbers of young people through music education. […]

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Published in the Delaware County Daily Times                                     March 21, 2019 By Joseph Batory. Times Columnist Dakota Meyer, the first living US Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since 1973 and one of the youngest ever, delivered […]

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