Alarmed by the proliferation of false content online, state lawmakers around the country are pushing schools to put more emphasis on teaching students how to tell fact from fiction. Carlisle… Read More
Changes to the federal tax code could encourage more Pennsylvania businesses to pump money into K-12 private schools instead of paying state taxes. That’s according to an analysis by the nonprofit… Read More
If it seems like state lawmakers didn’t accomplish much in 2017, there’s a reason for that.They didn’t. After struggling four months past the June deadline to balance the budget, the… Read More
In the past month and a half, Harrisburg’s nonpartisan Independent Fiscal Office has released four research briefs or special reports. Three of those four have been about property taxes, and… Read More
Recently, France announced it is banning cell phones in school for all students age 15 and under, starting next fall. Click here to read the full article.
Gavin Ovsak is one of those guys who never seems to slow down. On top of his classwork at Harvard medical school, he’s got a side hustle—writing an original software… Read More
Fights over federal funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program has states trying to figure out how long their programs can hold out without getting more money. Pennsylvania is no… Read More
Jubilant Republicans pushed early today to the verge of the most sweeping rewrite of the nation’s tax laws in more than three decades, a deeply unpopular bill they insist Americans… Read More
A new “big-data” base on U.S. school districts provides new evidence that Pennsylvania has many high-performing schools but many lower-income rural and urban districts that perform less well. Click here… Read More
It’s inevitable. Each year, teachers dip into their own pockets to buy things like notebooks, tissues and pencils for their students. This inevitability is even enshrined in the tax code,… Read More