Deficits keep Pennsylvania from building up rainy-day fund
Pennsylvania’s tendency in recent years to cover deficits through borrowing has led to a failure to build up a rainy-day fund and puts the state in danger of not being… Read More
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DePasquale says legislators need to step in to help Sto-Rox, Aliquippa districts
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale pointed at the audits not as evidence of district mismanagement, but rather at the need for state intervention to assist Pennsylvania’s struggling districts. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan…. Read More
PA Supreme Court to hear Lower Merion tax appeal
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Lower Merion School District’s (Montgomery Co.) appeal of a lower court decision that said the district could not impose a 4.4%… Read More
Some heads shake as PA education overhaul is approved
Now that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has approved Pennsylvania’s 13-year education-improvement plan, state officials are working on rolling out some changes. WITF, Jan. 19, 2018 Full story
Pa.’s ESSA education plan OK’d by Education Dept., places less emphasis on standardized testing
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Wednesday announced the approval of Pennsylvania’s new school accountability plan for the state’s more than 1.7 million students. Full Story
Leading School Climate Improvement: School Climate Leadership Initiative Course for Administrators
The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) Safe Schools Office, in partnership with Montgomery Intermediate Unit 23, will be offering a course entitled, “Leading School Climate Improvement: The School Climate Leadership… Read More
Education Leadership Associations Launch Online Community for School Leaders
Education Leadership Associations Launch Online Community for School Leaders Learning Paths, Resources & eLibraries Available The School Leaders Roundtable Institute is a new online community developed by the PA Association of Intermediate… Read More
New PPC Pre-K Report Released
Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (PPC) has released a report titled, “Pre-K Works, So Why Not PA?” The report revisits a 2017 PPC research product that highlighted the commonwealth’s commitment to… Read More
Pennsylvania’s ESSA Consolidated State Plan
Late yesterday afternoon, I received notice that the U.S. Department of Education had approved Pennsylvania’s ESSA Consolidated State Plan as revised. Approval of Pennsylvania’s Consolidated State Plan is a significant… Read More
Not an excuse, but yes, family income impacts test outcomes
WILKES-BARRE — Lean and bit boyish with a buzz cut, Brian Costello can’t help but get wonky when he talks about Wilkes-Barre Area’s poor results on state standardized tests. Full… Read More