Pa. Must Change Public School Funding
Pennsylvania’s school funding system is broken, and students in classrooms across the state are paying the consequences. Recent cuts in state funding, combined with the fact that the state does… Read More
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Fair Distribution, Not Simply More Money, the Answer for Pa. Schools
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Pennsylvania schools are the most inequitably funded in the entire country, with poorer school districts receiving 33.5 percent less in education funding than… Read More
Cost of Business: Exploring Public School Legal Fees in Pennsylvania
As part of PennLive’s look at legal fees charged to the Harrisburg School District, we also delved into legal fees charged to public school districts and charter schools across the… Read More
Borrowing To Replenish Depleted Pensions
Facing a shortfall of more than $50 billion in his state’s pensions, and with no simple solution at hand, Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania is proposing to issue $3 billion… Read More
Wagner Says Schools in PA Not Underfunded, Wolf Continues Push for More $
Senator Scott Wagner (R-York) is sick of what he calls the myth of underfunded schools in Pennsylvania. He so wanted to make his point that he chartered a helicopter and flew… Read More
Leadership Opportunity to Help Eliminate the Achievement Gap
Pennsylvania school administrators are invited to take advantage of an excellent leadership opportunity that will help eliminate the achievement gap within their school and district. The Early Childhood Executive Leadership… Read More
Struggling Readers Achieving Fluency with Oral Language Focus
GrapeSEED is hosting a Web Seminar on Tuesday, June 2, 2015, from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. EST Research has shown that oral language has a profound effect on children’s… Read More
2015 Attributions for Federal and State Accountability Reporting Training Announcement
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) will be offering training on the 2015 Attributions for Federal and State Accountability Reporting. This training will use the 2015 Attribution Map, discuss the… Read More
Pollster Terry Madonna Joins the Next #FairFundingPA Chat on Twitter
Terry Madonna will join the next monthly Twitter chat with Pennsylvania’s major education leadership organizations on Tuesday, May 26 at 8 p.m. Madonna is Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the… Read More
It’s On to the Pennsylvania House for Pension Reform; Hearings Set for June
Sweeping aside decades of legal precedent and policy-making tradition, Senate Republicans passed a pension reform bill Wednesday that, as written, would change benefit formulas mid-career for more than 360,000 current state workers… Read More