With a single sentence tucked 15 pages into an otherwise dry budget report on the state Department of Education, an independent fiscal watchdog waded into a roiling and deeply politicized… Read More
School district leaders are more concerned about the mental health of students, teachers and principals than any other school issue, including student engagement, student discipline, low attendance and dipping enrollment,… Read More
The governor’s budget proposal this year mirrors last year’s with Tom Wolf once again seeking top dollar for public education in Pennsylvania. Legislators settled with Wolf a year ago on… Read More
The PA Schools Work Campaign, a coalition of more than 30 organizations from across Pennsylvania representing educators; urban, rural, and suburban communities; parents and community leaders working together to increase… Read More
Registration is open for the 2022 PA Educational Leadership Summit, August 7-9, at the Lancaster Convention Center (hosted by the PA Principals Association and the PA Association of School Administrators)…. Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday proposed a “generational investment” of close to $2 billion in K-12 education, as well as millions in increased spending on early and special education, in… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf on Tuesday delivered his final budget, seeking to cement his education legacy by pumping nearly $2 billion in new funding for education as well as trimming business… Read More
A nationwide teacher shortage combined with the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the daily work of finding enough people that much more daunting. All too often, deals… Read More
A federal judge on Monday ordered the Perkiomen Valley School District to keep masking in place, granting a preliminary injunction sought by parents of children with disabilities that put them… Read More
As supply chain and staffing woes persist for school meal programs, school nutrition advocates are urging Congress to extend the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s authority to issue child nutrition waivers… Read More