Pennsylvania Republicans are reigniting a push to outlaw so-called “ghost teachers” — educators who take extended absences to work full time for their unions while accruing salaries, seniority and pension… Read More
A proposal moving in the state Senate would clarify state law to give school districts the explicit green light to allow teachers and other school employees to carry guns. Meadville… Read More
Pennsylvania’s legislature is returning to one of its toughest recurring issues — overhauling charter schools. WHYY Newsworks, April 21, 2017 Full story
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
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’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
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
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
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
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