One year ago, President Barack Obama and longtime education leaders in Congress burst through years of deadlock to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act, the first update to the nation’s… Read More
The Senate education committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to helm the education department, for Jan. 11. Click here for full article. (Subscription… Read More
In a precedent-setting ruling, the state Supreme Court said a school district is not liable to pay pension contributions that a closed charter school failed to make to a state… Read More
Debate over school property taxes in Pennsylvania is expected to return to the Legislature in 2017. Senate supporters say the Nov. 8 election provided the necessary votes to eliminate school… Read More
New members have officially been sworn into the Pennsylvania legislature. The first day of the new session saw further entrenchment of Harrisburg’s partisan divide. Republicans shored up their majorities in… Read More
Applications are now open for the U.S. Department of Education’s 2017–18 School Ambassador Fellowship (SAF) program. Offering both a Teaching Ambassador Fellowship and Principal Ambassador Fellowship, the program serves to… Read More
Sen. John H. Eichelberger Jr., R-Blair, is bringing an “aggressive agenda” as he takes the reins of the Senate Education Committee in 2017. Click here for full article. (Subscription may… Read More
To Pennsylvania’s fiscal troubles comes news from Uncle Sam of another circle of despair. The latest U.S. Census’ annual population estimate shows Pennsylvania lost 7,700 residents in 2016. Click here for… Read More
Could 2017 be the year that pension reform actually gets done? It’s a big ask, say lawmakers and those who’ve been lobbying for a pension law rewrite, but it’s also… Read More
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says he won’t ask Pennsylvania lawmakers to raise taxes on sales or income in his upcoming budget proposal, even as the state faces a yawning deficit…. Read More