Philadelphia Education Nonprofit Hit Hard by Shutdown

The work of a Philadelphia nonprofit that works to improve science and math education is in jeopardy because of the government shutdown, writes The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The partnership, a regional effort to improve science and math education, gets 92 percent of its support from the federal government. Because of the way the government disbursement-process works, the group can no longer receive an immediate reimbursement from the government. And when the organization doesn’t get paid, neither do its partners, which include Temple University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh.

The government impasse has already stopped progress on finalizing a $2.5-million study that could help keep students from dropping out of school.

The center can draw on a $100,000 line of credit, but that will last only a month, and the federal government will not reimburse the cost of interest.