A South Carolina teacher displayed a Confederate battle flag as part of a lesson on the Civil War, sparking outrage from a student’s parent. Click Here for full story. Source:… Read More
Charter schools were authorized in Pennsylvania more than two decades ago on the premise that they would innovate outside the regulatory and legacy union contract constraints that conventional public schools… Read More
It was PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale who four years ago deemed Pennsylvania’s charter school law the “worst in the United States,” but it may be Gov. Tom Wolf who takes a… Read More
The search for this year’s top youth volunteers is now complete, and the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program announced each state’s top high school and middle level honoree earlier… Read More
More than 1.2 million high school students in the U.S. took an Advanced Placement course in 2019, an increase of 57% over the past decade. And the number scoring high… Read More
The latest effort in Harrisburg to reform the tax system is taking a lot longer than one central figure hoped. Last year, Sen. David Argall coordinated a group of more than… Read More
The application for the junior representative to the Pennsylvania State Board of Education (SBE) is now available. Students must be 10th graders in public schools to apply. The deadline to… Read More
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday released his 2020-21 state budget proposal, including a total of about $36 billion in spending — a $2.6 billion increase over this year’s budget. Click Here for… Read More
President Donald Trump addressed the nation Tuesday night in a much-anticipated State of the Union speech following the conclusion of Senate impeachment proceedings this week, briefly touching on school choice and private… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf is pushing significant changes to Pennsylvania’s charter school law that his office says could save school districts statewide $280 million a year and would leave the existing… Read More