Pennsylvania’s ugly budget process has left a Frankenstein-like assortment sitting on Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. It includes an aggressive gambling expansion bill, a $140 million tax package and $1.5… Read More
Pennsylvania’s “School Performance Profile” scores, designed to show how well public schools were doing academically, lasted only five years, from 2013 through this week. The scores released Friday were the… Read More
There are plenty of race-relations issues grabbing headlines in national news, from police shootings to the Charlottesville, VA, protests to the take a knee controversy in the NFL. But members… Read More
With little prospect of resuming their educations at home any time soon, more than 300 students from Puerto Rico have enrolled in schools in Pennsylvania, with more expected. PennLive.com, Oct…. Read More
Desperate to find ways to help plug a giant budget hole, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved and sent to Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf a bill to extend casino-style gambling… Read More
A Webinar, Get the Facts on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment, will be held on Oct 31, 2017 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm. Recently passed through the General Assembly as… Read More
Wednesday it was announced that in the ongoing lawsuit of William Penn School District vs. the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the plaintiffs will be granted the opportunity to prove their… Read More
Legislation that would allow school districts to lay off teachers for budget-related reasons, combat lunch shaming, and charter school consolidations is making its way to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. PennLive.com,… Read More
The chamber voted 29-21 Wednesday afternoon to pass a $1.6 billion revenue bill that consists almost entirely of a $1.5 billion borrowing against future revenues due Pennsylvania from the 1998… Read More
A lawyer who successfully sued the Lower Merion SD for exaggerating multimillion-dollar budget deficits to justify large tax increases now wants the court system to remove the entire school board… Read More