Each year, thousands of high school sports booster clubs across Pennsylvania spend countless hours raising money for uniforms, trips and equipment for student athletes. But there’s no mandated oversight of… Read More
While the capitol sat quiet this week, budget activity and all its negotiations, arguments, lobbying and sometimes painstakingly long hearings are expected to resume Monday. Philadelphia Tribune, May 6, 2017… Read More
When parents think of the dangers their school-age children might encounter, drugs, guns, and bullying come to mind. But they might want to add sexual assault to that list. PennLive.com,… Read More
The American Health Care Act, which passed the House Thursday, makes changes to Medicaid spending that has some education organizations up in arms. Education Week, May 4, 2017 (Subscription may… Read More
The Pennsylvania Principals Association has secured the services of Hannah Stahle Barrick, JD, to further expand advocacy efforts for the association. Ms. Barrick currently serves in a similar role for… Read More
Some of the nation’s top researchers who’ve spent their careers studying early childhood education recently got together in Washington with one goal in mind: to cut through the fog of… Read More
The Every Student Succeeds Act may be less than two years old, but its funding provisions are already getting a makeover, at least temporarily, in a spending bill expected to be… Read More
Federal lawmakers have agreed to relatively small spending increases for Title I programs to districts and for special education, as part of a budget deal covering the rest of fiscal… Read More
Pennsylvania state government is heading into the 2017 budget season with its biggest revenue shortfall since the recession, leaving budget makers to address an unexpectedly large gap with just nine… Read More
Cumberland Valley SD officials are taking a “wait and see” approach to adding gender identity and expression to its nondiscrimination policy, district solicitor Michael Cassidy said at Monday night’s school… Read More