‘Homework gap’ shows millions of students lack home internet

With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? Full Story

2018-19 End of Year Reporting for Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY)

This notification is to alert chief school administrators and others responsible for the oversight of Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) programs that the End-of-Year Reporting through the Safe Schools’… Read More

Surprise death of student-athlete has schools, parents working to save others

Schools in Pennsylvania are not required to have AEDs, according to Mary Newman, the executive director of the Pittsburgh-based nonprofit Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. A state bill passed in 2014… Read More

Commentary: Will PA pass a budget on time? Battles loom over raising minimum wage, spending increase

Gov. Tom Wolf could find the first budget of his second term to be the easiest one yet. The state’s revenue picture looks rosier than it has in recent years… Read More

National News: With growing calls for more mental health services, states tackle school counselor ca

After more than a year of discussion and recommendations from multiple state and national-level groups about increasing school-based mental health services, a few more state legislatures have taken specific steps… Read More

More tax credits? More spending? Lawmakers continue to clash on education

Republicans in the state House and Senate are briskly moving a bill they say helps low-income students, and that Democrats say is unfairly routing money away from struggling public schools…. Read More

National News: Report: K-12 spending still reeling from ‘lost decade’ of economic growth

Seven years after the end of the Great Recession, states are still spending less per student in K-12 schools, and in nine states, per-pupil funding was down 10% in 2016… Read More

Cyber charters in PA are wildly ineffective, and three other takeaways from new Stanford study

Pennsylvania’s charter school debate attracts a lot of heated rhetoric. But this week, the conversation got some cold, hard numbers. The Center for Research on Education Outcomes, a group based… Read More

Pennsylvania lawmakers move closer to expansion of private school tax credits

Legislation to substantially expand taxpayer support for private and religious schools is taking another step in Pennsylvania. The Senate Education Committee approved the bill Wednesday over the protests of Democrats…. Read More

Bill that would create curriculum standards for CPR education for PA high school students heading to

A bill that would ensure all Pennsylvania high school students are trained in Hands-Only CPR has passed the state Senate and is heading to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk for his… Read More