PA House tries again on charter schools
Pennsylvania’s legislature is returning to one of its toughest recurring issues — overhauling charter schools. WHYY Newsworks, April 21, 2017 Full story
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Critics say charter bill shortchanges school districts
A proposed rewrite of the state charter school law would allow public schools to keep almost $30 million by adding deductions for costs that computer-based schools don’t have. Meadville Tribune,… Read More
PA Senate committee advances bills, including guns in schools policy
The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee hit a trifecta of hot-potato political issues yesterday, advancing legislation dealing with guns in schools, immigration policy and the separation of church and state. Carlisle… Read More
PA Legislature tries again to reform maligned charter school law
PA’s charter school law will turn 20 this year, and the efforts to reform it are nearly as old. Those efforts started anew Monday. The House Education Committee voted 14-10… Read More
Senate bill allows school personnel access to guns
The senate education committee will vote on a bill that would allow school personnel access to guns in the building or on school grounds. ABC Channel 27, April 19, 2017… Read More
PA Principals Association Supports School Breakfast Initiative
The PA Principals Association is one of 42 diverse groups 42 diverse groups from all over Pennsylvania that signed on to show support for the $2 million school breakfast initiative… Read More
Suspension-limiting bill aims to keep students in school
Misbehaving students in Kindergarten through fifth grade would no longer be given out-of-school suspensions under a measure introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. House Bill 715 would require districts… Read More
ESSA Policy Summit Hosted by Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson
Please Join Congressman Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson for a K-12 Education Policy Summit at Lock Haven University on April 20: The Every Student Succeeds Act: Empowering Educators and School Leaders forthe 21st… Read More
Bullying bills come back in the state House
Two state legislators who are sponsoring bills addressing children’s issues also reintroduced three bills on bullying last week. Associated Press, April 16, 2017 Full story
Studies show racial bias in Pennsylvania school funding
People objecting to Pennsylvania’s status as the state with the widest gap between funding for rich and poor school districts have argued that a zip code all-too-often determines the quality… Read More