If you are a taxpayer looking forward to property-tax elimination becoming reality, curb your enthusiasm. Even if a planned voter referendum passes this fall and the Pennsylvania Legislature does away with… Read More
Governor Wolf will join Department of Education Secretary Pedro Rivera and other Pennsylvania school officials today at 10 a.m. to announce the reduction in testing time for the PSSA standardized… Read More
Are you a principal or assistant principal thinking about moving forward in their education journey into central office administration and perhaps even the superintendency? Pennsylvania needs strong educational leaders to… Read More
When players transfer, it can raise the general question: Was the move made in part or perhaps entirely for athletic purposes? It’s an issue the PIAA faces every year. Coaches… Read More
The House is scheduled to return for a regular session Sept. 11, but members remain on call. Representatives were told to prepare for a possible return this month, but a… Read More
In a victory for school districts, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that charter schools cannot unilaterally change their operating agreements to add more students, schools or other functions that… Read More
Last week, the Pennsylvania Department of Education released a draft of its plan to comply with the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Within the 133-page… Read More
Sen. John DiSanto is pushing a bill that would create education savings accounts for parents whose public school performs in the bottom 15% statewide. ABC Channel 27, Aug. 8, 2017… Read More
School vouchers have failed multiple times to get enough support in Pennsylvania, but some GOP legislators are hoping a new school choice program may be the next accompaniment to charter… Read More
How each of Pennsylvania’s 14 cyber charter schools tracks attendance varies greatly — from 21st Century Cyber Charter School, where a point system equates to hours it should take students… Read More