Graduation rates on the rise in Pennsylvania
Sara Desino is one of a growing number of students in the commonwealth who are graduating from high school. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the graduation rate rose… Read More
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Do schools and guns mix? Kansas says yes, Pennsylvania thinking about it
In Pennsylvania, the State Senate is considering legislation also meant to protect students: Allowing teachers to carry concealed weapons on school grounds. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, June 12, 2017 Full story
PA Principals Association Supports Opposition to Senate Bill 592 and Senate Bill 168
On behalf of school leaders and educators across the state, we request your opposition to Senate Bill 592 and Senate Bill 168. While these proposals were drafted in the spirit… Read More
Philly 4th grader: `Why does the color of the students’ skin matter how much money we get for our sc
Ten-year-old Chelsea Mungo was blunt about the conditions at her school when she recently wrote a letter to State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D., Phila.), pleading for more equality in the… Read More
Pennsylvania senator wants failing students out of cyber charter schools
Cyber charter schools are meant to be an accessible alternative to traditional schooling, but one state senator wants to make them a privilege that can be revoked at any time…. Read More
Wolf expresses support for House Bill that makes opioid education mandatory in schools
Governor Tom Wolf today voiced his support for House Bill 1190, which proposes a school-based substance abuse prevention and intervention program for all students in kindergarten through grade 12. WPMT… Read More
Pension reform awaits Wolf signature
Lawmakers have sent the governor a pension reform bill that outside experts have described as the most impactful reform to a public pension taken by any state in the nation…. Read More
School districts reaching a ‘tipping point’ on being able to deliver quality education
The bleak picture painted by a recent statewide survey on the 2017-18 school district budget outlook looks a lot like ones produced from the same survey done in the past… Read More
Budget crunch: PA faces possible $3 billion shortfall
It’s budget crunch time in the Pennsylvania Capitol, and the state treasurer and auditor general ratcheted up the normal yearly pressure Wednesday with a warning: The state’s strapped. Philadelphia Inquirer,… Read More
How Pennsylvania school districts are trying to balance the books for next year: By slashing staff,
As Pennsylvania’s school districts prepare to approve final budgets for the 2017-18 school year, many have confronted the need to raise taxes and make cuts to personnel or programs “just… Read More