As the 2020 Census draws closer, advocates are appealing to state lawmakers to add $12.8 million in funding to the state budget to support outreach efforts. PennLive, May 20, 2019… Read More
It’s difficult to gauge the prevalence among the nation’s thousands of schools. But in 2011, a majority of districts surveyed said they had unpaid meal charges, according to a study… Read More
The nation’s medical system falls far short of meeting the demand for teen mental health services because cases of suicide and psychiatric disorders are skyrocketing, underscoring a public health crisis… Read More
In the year since 10 people were killed at a Texas high school, the press mostly stayed away. That’s what community members wanted. Click here for full article. Source: The… Read More
A state House committee has moved a group of bills that would significantly change how Pennsylvania oversees its charter schools. Click here for full article. Source: WITF, May 14, 2019.
Efforts to combat the intractable problem of school shootings are starting to shift from preventing the violence to reducing the number of victims through technology that speeds up law enforcement’s… Read More
Pedro Rivera, the Pennsylvania secretary of education, visited two Philadelphia elementary schools Wednesday. Rivera stopped by the Morton McMichael School and the Paul L. Dunbar School to learn more about what’s… Read More
School counselors help guide students with academics, college applications and social matters with other students. Increasingly, however, they are also helping students deal with mental health issues, such as anxiety… Read More
By some estimates, up to 93% of American adults have some degree of math anxiety. The problem often starts in elementary school, but parents can do a lot to fix… Read More
When science teacher Diana Allen set out to teach climate change, a subject she’d never learned in school, she fell into a rabbit’s hole of misinformation: Many resources presented online… Read More