State school districts are struggling because of increases in special education and charter school costs, a group of school business professionals and superintendents said at a news conference Friday. Click… Read More
Unconventional natural gas development has transformed American energy over the past decade. Click Here for full story. Source: Pennsylvania Capital-Star Op-Ed Contributor, February 1, 2020.
Funding, work-based learning, industry-recognized credentials, and access or equity were among the career and technical education issues states tackled during 2019, according to a new state policy review from Advance CTE, the Association… Read More
As many of you are aware, Dr. Joseph Clapper, Assistant Executive Director, and Mr. Joe Foriska, Western Office Manager, are both retiring this year. We cannot thank them enough for… Read More
Over 1.5 million children and youth were homeless during the 2017-18 school year, an all-time high and an 11% increase over the previous year, according to new federal data released Wednesday…. Read More
Across Pennsylvania, student demographics continue to increasingly diversify with a growing number of districts becoming less white, and more brown and black. Yet, according to state education data, more than… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed using $1 billion in state funding, typically set aside for capital projects, to remediate lead- and asbestos-tainted schools, an issue that has been particularly… Read More
Pennsylvania’s charter school law is 23 years old. Yet many questions remain about what charter schools are, who they serve and why they exist. Click Here for full story. Source:… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education on Tuesday announced more than $925,000 in competitive grants for schools across the state to purchase new food service equipment for cafeterias. Click Here for full story…. Read More
Six school districts in Bucks and Eastern Montgomery counties were recently awarded PAsmart targeted state grants that will be used to expand computer science classes and teacher training. A total… Read More