Woodland Hills ‘shaken to core’ by violent deaths of two students
Click here for the full story.
News
State releases $5 million in school safety grants
Gov. Tom Wolf announced Tuesday that $5 million in Safe Schools Initiative Targeted Grants have been awarded to nearly 140 schools, police departments, and municipalities across the state. Tribune-Democrat, Nov…. Read More
Analysis: House Republicans have a little-known plan to raise taxes on teachers by $2 billion
The education expense deduction is one of many differences between the House and Senate bills that still have to be ironed out before a tax plan can be sent to… Read More
Invitation to Apply for Pennsylvania’s 2017-18 Refugee School Impact Grant (RSIG)-Update
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced the availability of the 2017-2018 Refugee School Impact Grant (RSIG). The RSIG grant is a competitive grant. Request for Applications will be… Read More
School districts experiment with later start times
Districts in and around Pittsburgh, including some whose first bell rings at 7 a.m., are evaluating daily schedules as research and day-to-day experience make it increasingly clear that later start… Read More
School districts say they’re ahead of Wolf plan to set computer science standards
As Gov. Tom Wolf works with the state Department of Education to adopt computer science standards for all Pennsylvania public schools, area officials say they already have a wide variety… Read More
PA ends ‘lunch shaming’ following cafeteria worker’s viral social media post
Pennsylvania recently outlawed the practice of denying lunch to public school students who don’t have money on hand to pay for it. The legislation, adopted as part of an omnibus… Read More
PA House leaders strip transgender controversy from Children’s Health Insurance Program renewal
Leaders of the state House of Representatives have taken steps to defuse a looming fight over transgender services that could have imperiled health insurance coverage for tens of thousands of… Read More
CHIP: Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding
For more than two decades, The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, has provided health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it, and that’s… Read More
Pennsylvania governor endorses Computer Science for All standards
Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Education proposed Computer Science for All standards for schools in the state. During a State Board Education meeting, the Education Department highlighted… Read More