Early budget battle brewing over school safety grants
An early state budget debate is brewing over the future of state grants provided to school districts to pay for a range of projects to improve student safety. Gov. Tom… Read More
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‘Safe2Say Something’ tops 40,382 tips
On the one year anniversary of the Safe2Say program, Attorney General Josh Shapiro today announced Pennsylvania’s anonymous reporting system for schools, students and community members, “Safe2Say Something PA” has reached… Read More
Confederate battle flag display in social studies class sparks outrage
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
Opinion: Charter fixes long overdue
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
PA governor sets out to fix “worst charter school laws” in nation
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
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards – Top Youth Volunteers of 2020 Honored Nationwide
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
College Board — AP participation and performance grow ‘in tandem’
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
PA school property tax reform was on the horizon last year. Why it’s languishing in Harrisburg
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
Application Available for State Board of Education Junior Rep
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
Gov. Wolf pitches $2.6 billion spending increase
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