School districts statewide took out nearly $1 billion in loans to cover shortfalls caused by the state budget impasse, costing them a collective $40 million to $50 million in interest… Read More
Pennsylvania school districts will be eligible to receive one free carton of Narcan nasal spray — which can reverse the effects of a heroin overdose — under a partnership between… Read More
Do you have a brilliant idea to solve a problem and your school, and just need a little money to make it happen? NAESP has partnered with the Wahl Foundation… Read More
Coalition of more than 50 organizations seeks long-term investment in public education
Legislative staffers and the governor’s office considered scheduling Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf to deliver his 2016-17 state budget on Tuesday, Groundhog Day, until the realization hit. Click here for full… Read More
The email landed at 10:36 a.m. one Saturday this month, as Republicans were gathering in Hershey for their annual winter meeting. Its one-sentence subject line was ominous: “This is what we… Read More
In the first overhaul of the nation’s best-known college entrance exam in more than a decade, the revamped SAT — Scholastic Aptitude Test — that debuts March 5 will make… Read More
PA Gov. Tom Wolf, Legislative Leaders Meet with New Focus on Finishing Budget, Tabling Contentious Side Issues Remember that incomplete state budget? Pennsylvania’s Republican legislative leaders proposed a new way to… Read More
The holidays didn’t do much to ease Pennsylvania angst about state government, according to a new Franklin & Marshall College survey showing most respondents take a dim view of the… Read More
Technology has added to the complexities of tracking school threats and made it easier for people to carry out such threats undetected. Click here for full article. Source: Philadelphia Inquirer,… Read More