Low pay, an economy approaching full employment and dramatic decreases in enrollment in teacher education programs at colleges have produced something few ever thought they’d see in Pennsylvania: a teacher… Read More
Area Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick and Brendan Boyle are co-sponsors of a bill that would increase the federal share of special education funding from 14% to 40% in 10 years. The… Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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