Editorial: State Pension Plan Needs Reform Now
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
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State’s Decades-Old Charter School Law Needs Major Overhaul, Lancaster County Officials Say
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
Local School Administrators Trying to Deal with Transgender Bathroom Issue
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
Pennsylvania SAT Scores: See How Your School District Ranks
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
Trump to Visit Fla. Private School to Promote School Choice
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
Transgender Students: ‘It’s a Scary Time’ but also an Opportunity for Change
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
To Avoid Tax Hikes, PA Officials Push to Withhold Section 8 Money from Delinquent Landlords
State and federal lawmakers in Pennsylvania want to crack down on landlords who receive federal subsidies but short school districts on their taxes. They argue delinquency unfairly burdens law-abiding taxpayers,… Read More
Districts, Advocates Warily Wwait Health Care Law Overhaul
Few people may associate the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — sometimes derided as “Obamacare” — with school districts and school-age children. But scrapping the ACA or revamping it… Read More
Just What is a Charter School, Anyway?
We’re all familiar with the term “hidden in plain sight.” Well, there may be no better way to describe the nation’s 6,900 charter schools. Click here for full article. Source:… Read More
Trump Calls Education ‘Civil Rights Issue of our Time,’ Pushes Choice
President Donald Trump used his first speech to a joint session of Congress Tuesday to frame education as “the civil rights issue of our time” — a line used by… Read More