The cost of sending a kid to school has risen significantly
As more districts move to embrace technology, the cost of sending kids to school has risen exponentially. Full Story
Harrisburg School District expects to lose up to $1.5 million because of missing financial records
The Harrisburg School District is facing the loss of up to $1.5 million from federal grants because of poor record-keeping and financial records that vanished amid a mass firing of… Read More
How do you teach a kindergartner what to do when a shooter opens fire in school?
Since Columbine, schools have added security: locked doors, badges, cameras, and lockdown procedures, and now nearly two decades later, school administrators grapple with what more to do and how far… Read More
New plan for Pennsylvania: School property taxes out. Retirement income taxes in
Republican state Rep. Frank Ryan said this week he soon will file a bill that would eliminate the much-despised school property tax completely through shifts to several other taxes, with… Read More
High-schoolers get paid to learn solar in Philly. It’s about to become a program of study
After receiving a $1.25 million award from the Department of Energy, the Philadelphia Energy Authority is about to announce a clean energy program at a local technical high school starting in… Read More
Report: 2.7M students suspended in 2015-16 despite efforts to curb exclusionary discipline
During the 2015-16 school year, more than 2.7 million public school students received at least one out-of-school suspension, according to a new report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights…. Read More
A western PA school suspended fewer students by using a restorative model
Suspensions among fourth- through sixth-graders are down at Woodland Hills School District. That can be attributed, in part, to a restorative practice program created by the University of Pittsburgh, according… Read More
Local school districts grappling with teacher shortages
Since 1996, the number of undergraduate education majors has declined 55% nationwide, and since 2009, the number of newly issued in-state instructional teaching certificates has dropped by 71%, according to… Read More
Student Teaching Requirements versus Substitute Teaching Permit for Prospective Educators Permit
The Bureau of School Leadership and Teacher Quality has been contacted with questions regarding the differences between Student Teaching and the Substitute Teaching Permits for Prospective Educators. We are providing… Read More
There have been 22 school shootings in the US so far this year
So far in 2019 there have been 22 shootings at US schools in which someone was hurt or killed. They have occurred across the country, from Georgia to California, at… Read More