The Every Student Succeeds Act represents a whole new ball game when it comes to school improvement: States and districts will get to come up with interventions and turnaround strategies,… Read More
The often-tainted image of state government took another self-inflicted hit this week when a state attorney told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that students have no constitutional right to a specific… Read More
One of the most contentious areas of school reform in recent years has been how best to educate students to be effective teachers. Traditional schools of education have come under… Read More
Already faced with worrisome hiring gaps, the country is on the precipice of a dramatically widening shortfall of teachers, a new analysis warns. Click here for full article. Source: Education… Read More
Today, representatives from several education associations, including the Pennsylvania Princpipals Association, officially kicked off a new campaign focusing on public schools across Pennsylvania. The Success Starts Here campaign is a… Read More
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