What sex ed looks like after #MeToo movement
In 2011, a study by the American Association of University Women titled Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School found that 48 percent of students in grades 7 to 12… Read More
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Radio Times: School shootings spark drastic safety proposals
The show talks about how the mass shooting epidemic, and the reactions to it, are shaping schools in Pennsylvania. Beefed-up surveillance tactics, armed guards, and even arming teachers and administrators are all… Read More
How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income
One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes. Lebanon County Republican Representative Frank Ryan acknowledged… Read More
Education groups praise Governor Wolf’s charter reforms
Governor Tom Wolf took executive action last week to improve quality, transparency and accountability of Pennsylvania’s charter schools to control costs and improve outcomes for students. Gov. Wolf also received… Read More
Changing school start times
CBS continues to examine the pros and cons of flip-flopping school start times for older and younger students. Research shows students may benefit. But as CBS21’s Michael Gorsegner found out… Read More
Homeland Security hosts school safety panel in Somerset County
An assistant director from Homeland Security was in Somerset County Monday for a school safety panel. Congressman John Joyce and Brian Harrell, assistant director for the Infrastructure Security Division of… Read More
Poor school districts are funding the state’s cyber charter schools, research shows. That wasn’t alw
Pennsylvania’s cyber charter schools — taxpayer-funded, privately managed schools that offer their curriculum online — enrolled close to 39,000 students in the 2018-19 academic year, according to a Capital-Star analysis… Read More
Eight pieces of proposed legislation under review by lawmakers seeking to banish school property tax
While no news releases are being issued by an informal group of lawmakers studying ways to replace school property taxes with other taxes, individual members are giving clues to the… Read More
Editorial: Charter school reform badly needed in Pennsylvania
Speaking in Allentown while flanked by public school officials, Wolf said he would take action to “level the playing field for all taxpayer-funded public schools, strengthen the accountability and transparency… Read More
Reducing gun violence to save lives is aim of PA Gov. Wolf’s latest executive order
Among the many strategies they will pursue is include increasing data sharing across law enforcement agencies, holding more active shooter training sessions for commonwealth employees, focusing police deterrence in places… Read More