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
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf is warning of huge cuts in spending for education and local services next year without a balanced budget as Pennsylvania lawmakers return to the state Capitol…. Read More
It doesn’t matter if they get three inches or three feet of snow — schools in Indiana can bring students into a virtual classroom if their physical classrooms shut down…. Read More
School officials are breathing a sigh of relief at the state Legislature’s approval of a two-year delay in requiring students to pass the Keystone exams in order to graduate. Click… Read More
The state Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would delay using Keystone Exams as a high school graduation requirement and study whether the proficiency tests should be a graduation… Read More