Urban school districts in Pennsylvania face a particularly cruel logic.
They serve the poorest, most needy students, yet, when it comes to state funding per pupil, most of them don't make the top of the list.
That dynamic has come to a head in the city of Erie, where leaders of one of the largest school systems in the state are contemplating closing all high schools...
Keystone Crossroads is a new statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities. WPSU is a participating station.