As students return to classrooms, schools face the combined challenges of the surging variants, students too young to receive a vaccine, and the flu season. BD is partnering with NAESP… Read More
The U.S. House Education & Labor Committee on Friday finished a marathon markup of legislation that would provide universal pre-K education, expand federal Pell Grants for college students and institute… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration on Friday pushed back on school districts that some accused of exploiting a loophole in its mask mandate, warning that allowing parents to file for medical… Read More
A lawsuit filed in 2014 over education funding in Pennsylvania is heading to trial Thursday. The lawsuit claims the state is violating its constitution by not properly funding public schools…. Read More
Lawyers for the acting head of Pennsylvania’s health department told a state appellate court on Thursday that the mask mandate for K-12 schools and childcare centers is legally sound, justified… Read More
While school districts across Pennsylvania are adjusting to a mask mandate and trying to maintain some normalcy during the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, they are also struggling to simply transport students amid… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf visited the Norristown Area School District in Montgomery County on Wednesday to outline steps the state said will protect against COVID-19 in schools. The governor said the… Read More
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is coming back early from its summer recess to challenge the Wolf administration’s new school mask mandate. The move by the Republican-controlled lower chamber is… Read More
Pandemic aside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that schools have one full-time nurse for every 750 students. Now, when students and schools may need nurses more than ever, it’s… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf announced the statewide mask order last week. It took effect at 12:01 a.m. September 7. The governor had said he wanted to leave the issue of masks to local… Read More