Invitation to Apply for Pennsylvania’s 2017-18 Refugee School Impact Grant (RSIG)-Update

The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced the availability of the 2017-2018 Refugee School Impact Grant (RSIG). The RSIG grant is a competitive grant.  Request for Applications will be… Read More

School districts experiment with later start times

Districts in and around Pittsburgh, including some whose first bell rings at 7 a.m., are evaluating daily schedules as research and day-to-day experience make it increasingly clear that later start… Read More

School districts say they’re ahead of Wolf plan to set computer science standards

As Gov. Tom Wolf works with the state Department of Education to adopt computer science standards for all Pennsylvania public schools, area officials say they already have a wide variety… Read More

PA ends ‘lunch shaming’ following cafeteria worker’s viral social media post

Pennsylvania recently outlawed the practice of denying lunch to public school students who don’t have money on hand to pay for it. The legislation, adopted as part of an omnibus… Read More

PA House leaders strip transgender controversy from Children’s Health Insurance Program renewal

Leaders of the state House of Representatives have taken steps to defuse a looming fight over transgender services that could have imperiled health insurance coverage for tens of thousands of… Read More

CHIP: Pennsylvania wrestles with uncertainty over children’s health insurance funding

For more than two decades, The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, has provided health coverage to millions of kids nationwide. But lawmakers have yet to reauthorize it, and that’s… Read More

Pennsylvania governor endorses Computer Science for All standards

Governor Tom Wolf and the Pennsylvania Department of Education proposed Computer Science for All standards for schools in the state. During a State Board Education meeting, the Education Department highlighted… Read More

Legislation seeks to bar ‘spot assessment’ of property

While the state legislature considers how or whether to replace property tax, there’s another element to the tax that is creating controversy. Legislation in the state House would make it… Read More

In historic vote, a divided SRC moves to abolish itself

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission is on its way to extinction. The state-devised panel, the ruler of the School District for 16 years, voted to dissolve itself Thursday night, declaring… Read More

Push for PA graduation standard delayed once again

When finalizing the state budget last month, Pennsylvania lawmakers inked yet another delay for a plan that would require students to pass standardized tests before graduating high school. WHYY Keystone… Read More