Dr. Dina Wert, an elementary principal in the Downingtown Area School District, has been appointed by President Dr. Beth Haldeman to serve as the chairperson of the 2018 PA Principals… Read More
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association said it was pleased with an increase in state aid, but pointed out that school districts will still face a much larger increase in costs. The… Read More
Pennsylvania Republicans have lost what was likely their best shot at getting out of redrawing congressional maps, after the state Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional. GOP legislative leaders had appealed… Read More
It’s not unusual to see billboards, advertisements, and glossy brochures for charter schools in Pennsylvania. Now, more traditional public schools are crafting their image just as carefully as they compete… Read More
Top Republican lawmakers fighting a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s school-funding system will present their arguments before a full panel of Commonwealth Court judges next month. Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb…. Read More
School districts are changing their policies to comply with a new state law that bans “lunch shaming” of students who owe money for school lunches, but some say it will… Read More
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf will roll out his fourth and final first-term budget proposal, an election-year plan expected to be relatively restrained after three years dominated by drawn-out partisan fights… Read More
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, made a bold statement in a recent essay: By giving students individual help, average students can be turned into exceptional ones. Full Story
Over the past two-and-a-half years, out-of-school suspensions in the School District of Lancaster dropped by 42%. However, a sharp disparity exists between who gets suspended. WITF, Feb. 2, 2018 Full… Read More
For years, that has been the national narrative about the long-troubled school district in the nation’s capital: After decades of low performance and stagnation, the system was moving forward with… Read More