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
The question at hand: What level of educational benefit must school districts provide to students with disabilities in order for them to receive that free, appropriate public education under the… Read More
The Wolf administration has started making concerted cuts in an effort to help get Pennsylvania out of its fiscal hole. Click here for full article. Source: WHYY Newsworks, Jan. 9,… Read More
Looking ahead, the Pennsylvania Legislature might have the Republican majorities it needs to effect a $14 billion tax shift — “killing” the hated school property tax while saddling people with… Read More
Thousands of Philadelphia toddlers have started 2017 in a citywide pre-kindergarten program as a new sugary beverage tax created to fund it hit store shelves. Click here for full article…. Read More