Another school shooting: Are we numb to it?
School shootings rarely happen spontaneously or without a few classmates having a whiff it might happen. The solution? Finding ways to ensure kids can tell an adult without feeling like… Read More
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Confused about the Pennsylvania congressional map ruling? Here’s a primer
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided the state’s congressional map illegally favors Republicans and must be redrawn. Here’s the background on the case. Allentown Morning Call, Jan. 24, 2018 Full story
National News: Laptops and phones in the classroom: Yea, nay or a third way?
Should you ban these devices in the classroom? Let students go whole hog? Or is there a happy medium? This seemingly simple topic ends up being what one professor and… Read More
National News: CHIP gets six-year extension
The nearly three-week continuing resolution passed by Congress Monday to end a brief government shutdown includes a six-year funding package for the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Education Week, Jan. 22,… Read More
National News: What do asthma, heart disease and cancer have in common? Maybe childhood trauma
Two-thirds of Americans are exposed to extreme stress in childhood, things like divorce, a death in the family or a caregiver’s substance abuse. Toxic stress in childhood can lead to a… Read More
PA Supreme Court strikes down state’s Congressional district map
A split Pennsylvania Supreme Court has just thrown out the state’s current map of Congressional districts, and ordered the legislature to submit new maps of the 18 districts by Feb…. Read More
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
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