Pennsylvania’s elementary principal of the year works in Trumbauersville and is part of the Quakertown Community SD (Bucks Co.). Adam Schmucker, principal of Trumbauersville Elementary School, has been named Pennsylvania’s… Read More
It’s almost time for lawmakers to start work on the state budget. But after several cycles of tortuous negotiations made more difficult by persistent revenue shortfalls, it looks like this… Read More
Every year, hundreds of kids are kicked out of suburban Philadelphia school districts for residency fraud. Maybe even thousands. This little-discussed corner of the K-12 landscape contains so many of… Read More
School board members were angry to learn Monday night that the district is projected to send an additional $501,302 to charter schools due to a lawsuit that changed the way… Read More
The 2018-2019 Safe Schools Targeted Grant Request for Application opportunity will open on May 14, 2018. TITLE 24 P.S. EDUCATION ARTICLE XIII-a. SAFE SCHOOLS. 24 P.S. §13-1302-A authorizes the Pennsylvania… Read More
Within the next two years, parents and advocates will get significantly more information about their schools and school districts, going far beyond demographics and test scores to include reporting on… Read More
In recent weeks, proponents of overhauling Pennsylvania’s redistricting process with an independent citizens’ commission have been frustrated as their bills have been repeatedly gutted by the Republican majority in a… Read More
For the second time this month, a state House panel has stripped a bill that would have established an independent redistricting commission made up of citizens, and replaced it with… Read More
Every year, hundreds of kids are kicked out of suburban Philadelphia school districts for residency fraud. Maybe even thousands. This little-discussed corner of the K-12 world contains so many of… Read More
A bipartisan package of eight bills that aims to address business and industry workforce shortages and alleviate the mis-perception attached to career and technical education won House approval on Monday…. Read More