Kevin McCorry
Keystone Crossroads ReporterKevin McCorry reports predominantly on education for the Keystone Crossroads project.
Before his current gig, he was born in a Fishtown hospital that no longer exists.
Somewhere in the middle he loaded trucks in San Francisco, hustled in the reality television racket in NYC, and taught writing courses as an adjunct at Arcadia University.
He's most interested in experimenting with narrative storytelling as a means of illuminating complex social issues.
He believes William Faulkner when he says, to paraphrase, that the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself can alone make good writing.
He also believes David Foster Wallace when he says that "in the day-to-day trenches of adult existence, banal platitudes can have life-or-death importance."
In his free time, he hikes the Wissahickon and plays in a band.
He resides in Northwest Philadelphia with his wife and son, the best baby on earth.
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Education advocates across Pennsylvania are celebrating the fact that the state is about to commit to a new student weighted formula for distributing… -
Pennsylvania will soon join the overwhelming majority of states that have a student-based formula for distributing state education funds.Both the House… -
The advocacy group Public Interest Law Center says the commonwealth's own data point to the need for at least $3.2 billion in added state funding.When the… -
The Pennsylvania school code says teacher layoff decisions can only be made according to who has the least seniority.The Republican-held general assembly… -
Jameria Miller moved from an affluent Philadelphia-area school district to one with fewer resources. That's when she learned her state has one of the nation's most inequitable school funding systems. -
Pennsylvania's protracted budget negotiation ended nearly a month ago, but the fight continues over how $150 million in new education spending will be… -
The fight in Harrisburg over how $200 million in new Pennsylvania education aid should be divided continues.Although Gov. Tom Wolf allowed the state… -
As the battle in the Pennsylvania Capitol over funding public schools this year continues, Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a $200 million increase for next… -
The school year is soon to begin, and districts across the state of Pennsylvania are faced with a troubling proposition: How do you stay afloat when a… -
Opponents say exit exams put barriers in the way of students; proponents say more rigor is needed.
