With three weeks of budget hearings behind them, Pennsylvania’s big Republican legislative majorities now have months of budget-making ahead of them, and perhaps more than ever, a willingness to increase… Read More
The state secretary of corrections has a lot of ideas about keeping people out of prison. But surprisingly, very few of them actually have to do with prison. “If I… Read More
A recent report by the Education Law Center found years of state underfunding has led to widespread inequalities in Pennsylvania public schools. Click here for full article. Source: KPVI Channel… Read More
The meeting at the Education Department came two weeks after the Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that instructed schools to let students use bathrooms in line with their stated gender… Read More
The pension plan for more than 105,000 state employees and more than 127,000 retirees had strong investment returns in 2006. Yet the 6.5% in earnings as of Dec. 31 helps… Read More
With Betsy Devos, a big charter school advocate, occupying the nation’s highest education office, there is growing expectation that it may soon become easier for parents to choose nonpublic schools…. Read More
Area school district administrators say they are working to determine what bathrooms and locker rooms transgender students should use after the Trump administration last week reversed guidance by the Obama… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education has posted the SAT college entrance exam scores for school districts throughout the state where the test was administered in 2016. Click here for full… Read More
President Donald Trump will be visiting a private, religious school in Florida on Friday, sending a clear sign that his education agenda will focus on school choice. Click here for… Read More
A group of transgender youth from across the state convened Thursday in Harrisburg in an emergency meeting to discuss issues impacting their community just days after the Trump administration struck… Read More