Act 71 of 2014 into law requires comprehensive suicide prevention policies in schools in Pennsylvania. Under the law, beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, Pennsylvania schools must adopt age-appropriate youth… Read More
The utter breakdown in state budget negotiations in Pennsylvania didn’t happen overnight, but was produced by diametrically opposed policy positions and fueled by tough rhetoric among people elected specifically to… Read More
While students and educators mostly were disappointed with standardized test results released last week, they took comfort knowing the bad scores mean little. Click here for full article. (Subscription may… Read More
For a few years, measuring education performance using standardized tests was all about making “adequate yearly progress.” Click here for full article. Source: The Mercury, Oct. 5, 2015.
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale reported that through September, the prolonged state budget impasse forced at least 17 school districts and two intermediate units to borrow more than $346 million to… Read More
Pennsylvania’s charter school laws have led to the rise of two separate and unequal educational systems, according to state Rep. James Roebuck (D-Phila.), who released a report this week calling… Read More
On September 28, 2015, the Pennsylvania Senate introduced and adopted Senate Resolution 195 (Sen. Pat Vance, R-31), recognizing October 2015 as “National Principals Month” in Pennsylvania. Join the Pennsylvania Principals… Read More
Whether it’s within the next month or six months from now, school districts in York County and across the state will run out of cash without a state budget. Click… Read More
In America, schools with a lot of minority students are chronically underfunded. Is that the case because these students are poor, and poor communities have fewer resources for funding their… Read More
Pennsylvania school districts have borrowed more than $346 million so far to get through the state budget impasse, the auditor general said Tuesday, as Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a short-term… Read More