Pennsylvania’s new budget is a historic one when it comes to education. The 2021-22 spending plan that was approved by the legislature last week and signed by Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday hikes funding… Read More
Gov. Tom Wolf said the Pennsylvania’s $40.8 billion state budget that the General Assembly passed on Friday to keep state government operating through June 30, 2022, is a “good budget.” The 2021-22… Read More
A key trade that sealed a budget deal between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republicans who control the Legislature was a $100 million injection of cash into Pennsylvania’s poorest public schools… Read More
Education associations are still wary about returning to packed convention centers for in-person conferences, after the coronavirus forced nearly all such gatherings to go online over the last year. But… Read More
The state Department of Education received an unspecified amount of federal funding to offer COVID-19 testing to local schools at no cost to the districts or families, according to an… Read More
The General Assembly has sent Gov. Tom Wolf a $39.8 billion budget that boosts spending for education and transportation but doesn’t spend much of the $7 billion provided to the… Read More
Pennsylvania’s plans for its share of coronavirus relief and a potential boost in education funding are among the issues being negotiated as lawmakers and the governor entered the final week of their… Read More
The education community offered measured responses to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Wednesday that a Pennsylvania school district violated a student’s First Amendment rights when it disciplined her for a… Read More
A bill that would allow parents to give their kids a do-over extra year of school to make up for the 2020-21 year disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic closings and operating… Read More
A lawsuit alleging the Pennsylvania General Assembly has violated the state’s constitution by failing to provide fair and adequate funding for public education will go to trial in September, according… Read More