Between the tendency of more families traveling and the abundance of restaurants offering various cuisines, today’s students are exposed to more foods and flavors than those of a generation ago,… Read More
Lawmakers who were instrumental in the legislation say they didn’t intend to strip school police officers of their arrest power. The goal of the bill that Wolf signed in June… Read More
The Pennsylvania State Senate recently advanced a comprehensive bill that aims to improve the state’s career and technical education system.The bill is designed to modernize the career and technical education… Read More
Act 69 of 2014 (24 P.S. §§17-1701-C et seq.), the Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program, became effective on June 26, 2014. This Act required the Pennsylvania Department of… Read More
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recognized 362 schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2019. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps… Read More
A group of current and former students has dropped its lawsuit against the Boyertown Area School District. The Independence Law Center, which represented the students, said most of the plaintiffs… Read More
Legislation that would raise the minimum legal age to buy tobacco and vaping products in Pennsylvania from 18 years of age to 21 passed the PA Senate yesterday. It also provides… Read More
Here’s a tale of three cities: Atlanta, New York and Detroit. In all three cities, there is a high degree of racial segregation in the schools. White students go to… Read More
With economists debating the likelihood of another recession or downturn, the study provides some guidance for how policymakers and district officials might respond if the more dire predictions become reality…. Read More
A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers deliberating the future of the school property tax appears headed for an impasse on whether to reduce or end it, and likely will pass… Read More