The Pennsylvania Department of Education announced Wednesday it is pulling the academic data from its school performance profile report card website for further review. Click here for full article. (Subscription… Read More
The state education agencies in New York and Pennsylvania this week announced that they are narrowing the focus for their ESSA plans after receiving feedback from the public. Click here… Read More
Massachusetts’ 23-year-old charter school experiment has long enjoyed bipartisan support. Just a few months ago, polls showed Democrats and Republicans alike supported an upcoming ballot measure that would allow for… Read More
On July 13, 2016, the General Assembly enacted changes to the continuing education provisions of section 1205.2 of the Public School Code, 24 P.S. § 12-1205.2. Section 1205.2 was amended… Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is planning to hold five sessions across the state in December to discuss the recommendations. Please click here to read the recommendations.
Pennsylvania’s highest court says the right to personal privacy in government records is guaranteed by the state constitution, as it reversed a lower court ruling involving public school employees’ home… Read More
Today, Secretary Pedro A. Rivera thanked hundreds of stakeholders for their involvement in a series of workgroup meetings to help develop Pennsylvania’s plan to implement the federally approved Every Student Succeeds… Read More
The nation’s high school graduation rate has reached a record 83.2%, continuing a steady increase that shows improvement across all racial and ethnic groups, according to federal data released Monday…. Read More
State legislators are back to work for the next two weeks and pension reform may be on the table. Two competing plans are sitting in the House and the Senate, but… Read More
Some charter schools operate like islands — day-to-day they run independently of any higher or centralized power. Others contract with a management organization — sometimes part of a big network,… Read More