Last year, a small, angry band of parents and teachers in the Lower Merion SD (Montgomery Co.) took on a big challenge: convincing their neighbors that the intensifying emphasis on… Read More
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
A how-to manual on closing a school district for lack of funds is not provided in Pennsylvania’s Public School Code but the state Department of Education did its best to… Read More
Local school administrators gathered Tuesday to vent their frustrations about the state budget impasse, and sought ways to pressure elected officials to pass a budget quickly. Click here for full… Read More
In focusing on the problems created and solvable by our state legislature, the Daily News editorial board got it right in their editorial “Supreme mess: Ruling will erode Philly school… Read More
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale appeared on Tuesday before the House Appropriations Committee followed by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Many of the same topics were address at the hearings. While his… Read More
State officials, union leaders, and others testifying Tuesday before the Senate education committee’s oversight hearing on the Every Student Succeeds Act largely agreed on one point: The new flexibility for… Read More
When budget hearings began Monday, the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee set a ground rule: Members could ask one round of questions on the unfinished Pennsylvania state budget, but… Read More
Pennsylvania, for more than 25 years, has been one of the few states without a reliable school funding formula, leaving school districts to set their annual budgets without knowing how… Read More
The start of budget hearings today will signal a new and likely contentious phase of a political fight that started a year ago. Click here for full article. (Subscription may… Read More