Rising teacher pension costs are a main driver of increased property taxes. According to the PSERS projections, school districts’ rate of contribution is expected to rise to 36% over the next four… Read More
Approximately 177,000 children across the state are eligible for publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs and nearly 64,000 are being served, according to a report issued by the Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children…. Read More
Parents, students and taxpayers in Pennsylvania would get a new look at how their public schools are doing under a proposed revamp of the statewide grading system that gives less… Read More
Pennsylvania’s school districts have gotten an early lump of coal this holiday season from Harrisburg: word that teacher pension costs, which have taken ever larger bites out of budgets in… Read More
Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Rivera said Friday he is striving for a public school system that employs a more “holistic” approach to learning, with less emphasis on standardized tests as… Read More
Most children eligible for public pre-kindergarten are shut out for lack of space, according to a report released Wednesday. Click here for full article. (Subscription may be required.) Source: Meadville… Read More
In a legal battle that could usurp the power of local officials to choose when, and by how much, to raise taxes, a state appellate court is expected to decide… Read More
We had battled inequities, poverty, and adult political issues but had not tackled perhaps education’s biggest problem — a universal issue that exists across our schools, regardless of neighborhood or… Read More
Pennsylvania is on pace for a $600 million budget shortfall in coming months, but Gov. Tom Wolf hopes to avoid proposing a hike in sales or income taxes next year,… Read More
Pennsylvania charter schools routinely screen students to eliminate all but a few special-needs students, avoid enrolling students who are new to our country and require instruction designed for students who… Read More