Debate over school property taxes in Pennsylvania is expected to return to the Legislature in 2017. Senate supporters say the Nov. 8 election provided the necessary votes to eliminate school… Read More
Most school districts can be expected to raise property taxes for the 2017-18 school year, the leader of a statewide school business officials group says. Click here for full article…. Read More
Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, states are required to report chronic absenteeism rates, and districts will be allowed to use federal dollars on training to reduce the problem. Click… Read More
Save the date for the Pennsylvania Principals Association State Conference, On the Road to Growth, Oct. 15-16 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh Cranberry in Cranberry Township, PA. A pre-conference… Read More
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) recently sent a letter to Betsy DeVos, Secretary-Designate, U.S. Department of Education, outlining numerous questions that she feels should be addressed in her testimony… Read More
Supreme Court justices were seen as ready Wednesday to clarify and strengthen the rights of the nation’s 6.7 million children with disabilities, perhaps by requiring public schools to offer a… Read More
What does drug education look like for the youngest learners? The answer: a good bit different than the “just say no” approach you may remember from your school days. Click… Read More
High school graduation rates in the nation’s capital, he noted, have grown faster than anywhere else in the country, from 53% to 69%. But as we’ve reported over and over again,… Read More
Pennsylvania lawmakers’ efforts to replace the state’s school property tax with higher sales and personal income taxes is an attack on local school district control, according to Bethlehem Area SD… Read More
Here’s a cautionary post about the impact of charter schools in one school district in Pennsylvania, one of a number of states with extremely lax charter school laws. Click here… Read More