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Hempfield Area High School students read a book to elementary students in the district in February as part of the Spartan to Spartan program.
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PSERS’s pension reversal has former allies questioning its strategy Joseph N. DiStefano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
On Monday, when the state’s largest pension fund voted to charge school employees more for their retirement, the fund was compelled to do so because it had missed its 10-year investment goal by the narrowest of margins: two 100ths of a point.
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Had the fund invested more in stocks as it used to, it would have made up its shortfall and prevented the extra charges, records show. Instead, the $64 billion fund invested in high-cost private equity and alternative investments that drove down PSERS’s performance numbers, triggering a need to require more contributions from recently hired school employees.
School employees, Pa. officials question state’s largest pension fund over charges, investments
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By Joseph N. DiStefano, The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
On Monday, when the state’s largest pension fund voted to charge school employees more for their retirements, the fund was compelled to do so because it had missed its 10-year investment goal by the narrowest of margins: 2/100ths of a point.
Had the fund invested more in stocks as it used to, it would have made up its shortfall and prevented the extra charges, records show. Instead, the $64 billion fund invested in high-cost private equity and alternative investments that drove down PSERS’s performance numbers, triggering a need to require more contributions from recently hired school employees.
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Green Party of Pennsylvania embraces workers rights on May Day
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By Beth Scroggin, chair of the Green Party of Chester County and co-chair of the Green Party of PA.
PHILADELPHIA – Happy May Day! Celebrated in various ways throughout hundreds of years, May Day joyfully welcomes the change of season. My inner child looks forward to the May Day celebration at my daughter’s Waldorf School, which includes maypole dancing and a wooden boat race. My activist side, however, observes the significance and necessity of the coinciding International Workers’ Day.
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Started during the Industrial Revolution in response to deplorable (and at times, deadly) working conditions and long hours, International Workers’ Day continues to serve as an opportunity for workers to organize and protect and fight for their rights. In 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions (now called the American Federation of Labor) held a convent