Hundreds of PA bus drivers unqualified to transport students, five years of state audits show

Since 2013, auditors have found 724 deficiencies in 58 school districts around the state where driver documentation including a valid driver’s license, criminal background checks, and other required certification were… Read More

Schools facing new threats with origins on social media. How should schools react?

Social media and the evolving digital landscape has complicated the effort to keep students safe, broadening the ways in which threats of violence can be made and forcing school officials… Read More

The Supreme Court may have signaled that it might block Pennsylvania’s ruling against partisan gerry

The Supreme Court was seen as signaling Monday it may be open to blocking a state ruling on partisan gerrymandering at the behest of Pennsylvania’s Republican leaders. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan…. Read More

How much can school property taxes increase in your area in 2018-19?

The Pennsylvania Department of Education annually limits the amount school boards can raise taxes in their upcoming annual budgets through the Act 1 index. The index was created in 2006… Read More

Are charter schools ruining the public education system?

Some education advocates argue charter schools, publicly funded independent schools run by private companies or organizations, have been detrimental to the public school system. Others believe charter schools are the… Read More

Proposed school choice bill stirs debate in Pennsylvania

According to the Pennsylvania State Education Association, Senate Bill 2 could siphon more than $500 million in state funding from public school districts. Watchdog.org, Jan. 26, 2018 Full story

Changing course, Gov. Wolf asks courts to rule on PA education funding lawsuit

More than three years after a coalition of districts and advocates first sued the state, Wolf now says the courts should determine whether the commonwealth’s education funding system violates the… Read More

Illinois judge denies transgender student’s request for equal access to locker room

A Cook County judge Thursday denied a request by a transgender student for equal access to the girls’ locker room at Palatine High School, ruling that state law only requires… Read More

Tallying the young homeless on city’s streets

Homeless youth are often under-counted and underrepresented, so in a continuing effort to get a picture of what youth homelessness looks like in Philadelphia, Valley Youth House and the city’s… Read More

PA Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to halt redistricting order

State Republican leaders on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a Pennsylvania Supreme Court order to redraw the congressional district maps in the commonwealth, arguing that the state… Read More