Schools across Pennsylvania are putting the safety and health of transgender students at risk by barring them from bathrooms, locker rooms, and other facilities matching their gender identity, according to… Read More
First the good news. It has not exactly been a secret for some time now that the system Pennsylvania uses to fund public education has been a mess. It’s pretty simple. The… Read More
Twenty states now require that high school students be allowed to count a computer science course as a math or science credit toward graduation, according to a new report from… Read More
Due to legislative failure, the system for funding schools in Pennsylvania has become so “irrational” and “arbitrary” that the judiciary must intervene, attorneys argued before the state Supreme Court on… Read More
A new study concludes that a state effort to target funding to lagging school districts did not reduce disparities in student achievement and per-pupil spending. Click here for full article…. Read More
The stakes for K-12 policy in this year’s state-level elections couldn’t be clearer: Whoever voters pick in the legislative and gubernatorial races will have significant new leverage in shaping states’… Read More
The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and Prudential Financial are preparing to launch the 22nd annual Prudential Spirit of Community Awards for young people who have demonstrated outstanding… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf did not mince words when asked about public education in the state. “It is not a very good future,” Wolf said. That is how Wolf characterized the outlook if… Read More
Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Democratic Policy Committee on Monday convened at Northley Middle School and listened to more than two hours of testimony related to graduation requirements… Read More
Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro A. Rivera was among the invited guests for the White House Next Generation High Schools Summit Monday in Washington, D.C. Rivera and other education leaders from around… Read More