Teachers are expected to have strong content knowledge, to create deeper learning experiences for their students and to understand their social-emotional development — demands that weren’t placed on educators 20… Read More
Frank Ryan is a CPA, a retired Marine Reserve colonel and Iraq War veteran who got himself elected to the state house in Harrisburg two terms ago, promising to watchdog… Read More
The budget battle between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled legislature is set to begin February 18 as the House and Senate begin budget hearings. Wolf unveiled his $36 billion spending… Read More
The Central Bucks and Neshaminy school districts must release records that show how students are monitored and protected while surfing the net. The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records ordered the… Read More
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
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
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