Pennsylvania gets ‘F’ for removing lead plumbing in schools
A report by an environmental and consumer advocacy group is giving Pennsylvania an “F” for its efforts to remove lead from drinking water in schools. WITF, March 26, 2019 Full… Read More
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Please Sign PA Schools Work Petition for Public K-12 Education
Please Sign our Petition! We are reaching out to you, our supporters, for your help. Years of under-investment by the state has left schools $3 billion short in basic… Read More
Should student poverty affect teacher evaluations? One senator used to say ‘no’ — but now he’s chang
During a budget hearing last month, state Sen. Ryan Aument did something you don’t often see a politician do in public: He admitted that a law he wrote wasn’t working…. Read More
State targeting vaping sales to minors
Minors who attempt to buy vaping products or get caught with e-cigarettes at school could face criminal charges under legislation that passed the state House unanimously Monday. New Castle News,… Read More
Will a bipartisan slate of technical education bills actually do anything?
Pennsylvania’s Democrats and Republicans have come to a rare detente on at least one economic issue: boosting career and technical education in a bid to get people into higher-paying jobs…. Read More
The teachers were told to kneel. Then ‘shot.’ An Indiana training exercise draws criticism
INDIANAPOLIS – An active-shooter training exercise at an Indiana elementary school in January left teachers with welts and bruises after they were shot with plastic pellets by the local sheriff’s office conducting… Read More
Gov. Wolf highlights Philly school conditions in severance tax push
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf visited a school in South Philadelphia Thursday to stump for his severance tax proposal. Full Story
School Safety: How school construction is changing due to security concerns
In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out. WPSU, March 21, 2019… Read More
Bill would require hands-only CPR in PA high schools
Senate Bill 115 just passed the chamber’s education committee unanimously, seeking to require hands-only CPR training for every high school student in Pennsylvania; it was proposed by Delaware County Republican… Read More
School Safety: As court case on arming teachers continues, PA schools use other ways to stay safe
While at least one Pennsylvania school district wants to allow teachers and staff to be armed, other districts, including Saint Marys, are taking different approaches to school safety. Armed school… Read More