PA’s Anti-Hazing Law Extends to High Schools
Pennsylvania high schools and middle schools will be held to the same anti-hazing law that governs colleges once a law signed by Gov. Tom Wolf Tuesday takes effect next month…. Read More
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Education Funding with Sen. Lloyd Smucker and Sen. Andy Dinniman, LIVE Tuesday at 7 pm on PCN
Pennsylvania has a new funding formula for basic education that will more fairly distribute money to school districts based on their unique needs. The new formula figures out how the state will… Read More
Campaign for Fair Education Funding Applauds Signing of School Funding Formula Bill
Formula now requires increased education funding to be successful
Commentary: These are Two of the Most Important Numbers in the #PaBudget Talks
This Wednesday, June 1, marked the start of the official, 30-day countdown to pass a new state budget. But before state lawmakers catapult a spending plan onto Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk… Read More
Editorial: Politicians Have Month to Fix Damage
Two months after the Legislature and the Wolf administration resolved the 2016 budget after a nine-month impasse, the damage from that delay mounts. Click here for full article. (Subscription may… Read More
Report Feeds Debate over Racial, Economic Inequities
One of the newest education policy disputes in Washington is beginning to mix with one of its oldest. Discussions about inequitable resources between well-resourced schools and their poorer counterparts overlap… Read More
85% High School Graduation Rate in PA; Not Good Enough
High school graduation rates have been on the rise, but one national drop-out prevention organization is pushing to improve it further. They want the graduation rate framed as an economic… Read More
Commentary: PA Budget: June Gloom or Brand New Brightness?
Not to peddle progress or optimism in a state familiar with neither, but there are flickers of hope in usually hopeless Harrisburg that could be suggestive of positive change. Click… Read More
Shaler Area Middle Schoolers Cruise into Final Physics Project
Dennis Reagle’s six science classes created self-propelled cars from household items, including plastic pop bottles, mouse traps and wire coat hangers. (Allegheny Co.) Click here for full article. Source: Pittsburgh… Read More
Summer Keystone Exams Pre-Codes
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is providing an opportunity for local education agencies (LEA) to attend a webinar with a question and answer (Q&A) session that will address the… Read More